Portable telephone with image sensing unit, and method of controlling same

摘要

The peripheral surface of columnar rotary body is formed to have a light-entrant opening, and the bottom of the rotary body is formed to have an emergent-light opening. Light that has entered from the light-entrant opening is introduced to the emergent-light opening by a first mirror. Light that has impinged upon the rotary body is introduced from the emergent-light opening to a first half body that constructs the main unit of a portable telephone. A second mirror is disposed within the first half body, and light that has emerged from the rotary body is introduced to the photoreceptor surface of a C-MOS sensor by the second mirror. Since the rotary body and the first half body are not connected by a cord or the like, the rotary body can be turned through any angle to enable imaging at any angle.