Camera-equipped cellular telephone
View Patent ↗Cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities characterized in that the cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities includes a shooting section for shooting a picture, a reclosable lens cover for protecting the shooting lens of the shooting section, detecting means for detecting opening/closing of the lens cover, a memory for storing information on presetting of a plurality of modes where various features are set, and a controller for switching to a preset mode among a plurality of modes stored in the memory on detecting that the lens cover is open. This provides easy-to-use cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities in both the cell phone mode and the camera mode without causing misunderstanding or unnecessary guard on the side of others in photography shooting.
1. A cell phone apparatus with camera capabilities, comprising:
a main body that has a first face and a second face opposite to the first face;
a display section that is provided on the first face;
an operating section that is provided on the first face;
an image capturing section that captures an image, and that is provided on the second face;
a lens cover that is provided on the second face, and that is arranged to expose and cover a lens of the image capturing section; and
a controller that switches between a camera mode for capturing the image and a cell phone mode in direct relation to the lens cover exposing and covering the lens, respectively.
2. The cell phone apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shutter key that is provided on a side face of the main body,
wherein the controller sets a function of operating the image capturing section on the shutter key in the camera mode; and
wherein the controller sets a function of operating the cell phone apparatus on the shutter key in the cell phone mode.
3. The cell phone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller generates information that represents whether to register a temporarily stored image in a memory when it is determined that the temporarily stored image present.
4. The cell phone apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines presence/absence of a temporarily stored image when the controller switches from the cell phone mode to the camera mode; and
wherein the controller displays an inquiry image that represents whether to register the temporarily stored image in a memory when it is determined that the temporarily stored image is present.
5. The cell phone apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller determines presence/absence of the temporarily stored image when the controller switches from the cell phone mode to the camera mode.
6. The cell phone apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the controller registers or deletes the temporarily stored image based on a response to the information.
7. A cell phone apparatus with cameral capabilities comprising:
a main body;
an image capturing section provided on the main body and operable to capture an image;
a lens cover provided on the main body and operable to alternatively expose and cover a lens of the image capturing section; and
a controller operable to switch between a camera mode and a cell phone mode in direct relation to the lens cover exposing and covering the lens, respectively.
8. A cell phone apparatus with cameral capabilities comprising:
a main body;
an image capturing section provided on the main body and operable to capture an image;
a lens cover provided on the main body and operable to alternatively expose and cover a lens of the image capturing section; and
a controller operable to switch between a camera mode and a cell phone mode automatically in relation to the lens cover exposing and covering the lens, respectively.