Mobile communication unit with camera lens opening means in closed folder
Disclosed is a mobile communication unit comprising a main housing with upper and lower surfaces, a folder with upper and lower surfaces, and a hinge for rotatably connecting the folder to the main housing, and further comprising (a) a camera lens opening means formed on an edge of the lower surface of the main housing correspondingly to the hinge, (b) a pair of side hinge arms respectively formed on both sides of the camera lens opening means, (c) a first LCD and a second LCD respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the folder, and (d) a camera hinge housing formed on the hinge in a designated direction so as to expose a camera lens, wherein the camera lens is exposed to be opposite to the user when the folder is opened from the main housing, and a camera lens assembly including the camera lens is exposed to the user via the camera lens opening means when the folder is closed into the main housing.
1. A mobile communication unit having a main housing with upper and lower surfaces, a folder with upper and lower surfaces, and a hinge for rotatably connecting the folder to the main housing, said communication unit further comprising:
(a) a camera lens opening means formed on an edge of the lower surface of the main housing corresponding to the hinge;
(b) a pair of side hinge arms respectively formed on both sides of the camera lens opening means;
(c) a first LCD and a second LCD respectively formed on the upper and lower surfaces of the folder ( FIG. 9 , Illustrate first LCD such as No. 4 and second LCD such as No. 5), and
(d) a camera hinge housing formed on the hinge in a designated direction so as to expose a camera lens, the camera hinge housing integrally extending from the folder and rotatable with the folder, the camera hinge housing fully disposed inside the camera lens opening means to protect the camera hinge housing from the environment,
wherein the camera lens is exposed and faces the user when the folder is opened from the main housing, and a camera lens assembly including the camera lens is exposed via the camera lens opening means when the folder is closed into the main housing, and further wherein data obtained by photographing using the camera lens is displayed on the first LCD when the folder is opened away from the main housing, and is displayed on the second LCD when the folder is closed into the main housing.
2. The mobile communication unit as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the camera lens is disposed in the position of the camera lens opening means when the folder is closed into the main housing.
3. The mobile communication unit as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the camera hinge housing is formed integrally with the folder.
4. The mobile communication unit as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the camera lens opening means is disposed on an edge of a rear end of the main housing.
5. The mobile communication unit as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the camera lens opening means further comprises a transparent window.
6. The mobile communication unit as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the camera lens opening means is an opening formed as a designated shape.