The present invention relates to a portable terminal in which the
orientation of the displayed subject is the same as the actual
orientation of the subject. The reference attitude when taking a picture
is shown in FIG. 5, with the lid 12 being rotated substantially about 90
degrees about the X-axis with respect to the main body, and a
perpendicular of the display 32 is in the same orientation as the optical
axis of the CCD 41. In this attitude, the image captured by the CCD 41 is
displayed as it is in the display 32. On the other hand, when the angle
detector 51 detects that the lid 12 is rotated by a further 90 degrees
with respect to the main body 11 from the attitude of FIG. 5 and the lid
12 and the main body 11 are opened by about 180 degrees, the image
captured by the CCD 41 is rotated by 90 degrees, and the rotated image is
displayed in the display 32. The present invention can be applied to
portable type terminals such as mobile phones having a two axially
rotatable structure, PDA, personal computers.