Portable electronic apparatus and control method for display direction thereof

The invention relates to a portable electronic apparatus and a control method for display direction thereof. The portable electronic apparatus comprises a display module, a holding-sensing module , an orientation-sensing module and a processing module; the display module is used to display a picture; the holding-sensing module is used to sense an operation of holding by a user; the orientation-sensing module is used to sense a placement position corresponding to the display module; the processing module is used to switch the display orientation of the picture according to the placement orientation and lock the picture at the orientation when determining that the holding operation toward the orientation is consistent for a certain time or receiving an operation signal under the same state of holding The invention enables [portable electronic apparatus and the control method for display direction thereof enable] the operation of the uses to be more convenient and humanized.