Collapsible cellular communication terminal having a camera having photographing control function and photographing control method in the terminal
AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsKazuaki Nakae, Toru Matsuo, Nao Hirota
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Abstract
A folding mobile communications terminal according to the present invention is a folding mobile communications terminal that has a photographing function and is openable/closable. This folding mobile communications terminal detects whether the folds are closed, and disables the photographing function if the folds are closed.
Claims12
A folding mobile communications terminal that has a photographing function and is openable and closable, comprising:
- a detecting unit operable to detect whether the mobile communications terminal is in a closed state;
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- a photographing control unit operable to disable the photographing function when the detecting unit detects that the mobile communications terminal is in the closed state.
A folding mobile communications terminal that is openable and closable, comprising:
- a photographic lens which is positioned so as to be externally invisible when the mobile communications terminal is in a closed state;
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- a photographing unit operable to photograph an object through the photographic lens.
A photographing control method for a folding mobile communications terminal that has a photographing function and is openable and closable, comprising:
- a detecting step of detecting whether the mobile communications terminal is in a closed state;
- and
- a photographing control step of disabling the photographing function when detected that the mobile communications terminal is in the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.