Portable device
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1. A portable device comprising:
- a camera unit having an imaging device;
a housing for supporting the camera unit so as to be rotatable and stoppable at a photographing position and at a storage position;
a detection device for detecting that the camera unit is in the photographing position; and
a control device for activating the imaging device when the detection device detects that the camera unit is rotated to the photographing position.
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A portable device includes a camera unit having an imaging device, a housing for supporting the camera unit so as to be rotatable and stoppable at a photographing in the photographing position, and a control device for activating the imaging device when the detection device detects that the camera unit is rotated to the photographing position.
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1. A portable device comprising:
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a camera unit having an imaging device;
a housing for supporting the camera unit so as to be rotatable and stoppable at a photographing position and at a storage position;
a detection device for detecting that the camera unit is in the photographing position; and
a control device for activating the imaging device when the detection device detects that the camera unit is rotated to the photographing position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A portable device comprising:
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a camera unit having an imaging device;
a housing which supports the camera unit so as to be rotatable, and so that it can be stopped at a photographing position and at a storage position;
an opening which is provided to the housing, and which exposes the image device when the camera unit is stopped in the photographing position;
a detection device which detects that the camera unit is in the photographing position; and
an indicator member which is exposed in the opening at an outer surface of the camera unit, when the detection device does not detect that the camera unit is in the photographing position.
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12. A method of controlling a portable device, the portable device comprising:
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a camera unit having an imaging device; and
a housing which supports the camera unit so as to be rotatable, and so that it can be stopped at a photographing position and at a storage position, and the method comprising;
a detection step of detecting, at least, that the camera unit is in the photographing position; and
a starting step of starting the imaging device, when it is detected in the detection step that the camera unit is in the photographing position. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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