Patent attributes
It is an object of the present invention to provide a digital camera and a portable telephone equipped with a digital camera in which while a user views one monitor screen, the user can selectively photograph an image located in the side of the face of the user and an image located in an opposite side to the face of the user without turning out the digital camera or the portable telephone having the digital camera under a state that the user holds the digital camera or the portable telephone having the digital camera. The digital camera and the portable telephone having the digital camera of the present invention include a first camera mounted on a first surface of a casing member, a second camera mounted on a second surface in the back side of the first surface of the casing member and a camera selecting unit for selecting a photographing camera. Thus, while the user holds the portable telephone having the camera, the user can photograph the face of the user himself or herself by the first camera, can photograph a scene viewed by the user himself or herself by the second camera or can photograph both the face and the scene at the same time. Further, a synthesizing unit is provided for synthesizing the images respectively photographed by the first camera and the second camera. Accordingly, a synthesized photograph obtained by synthesizing both the images can be taken or after the images are photographed, the images can be synthesized.
