Mobile information terminal equipment and portable electronic apparatus

• US 20060148531A1
• Filed: 02/24/2006
• Published: 07/06/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 04/26/1996
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Saito, Hiroshi, Sato, Hideki, Iwata, Yuji, Orita, Michio, Mochizuki, Yasuyuki, Owada, Minoru, Shinoda, Kazuhisa, Matsuura, Kazumi
• Application Number:
  US11/360,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20060148531A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/566
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1423 controlling a plurality of local displays, e.g. CRT and flat panel display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0214 Foldable telephones, i.e. with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position combined with translation movement H04M1/0235
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0237 Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27453 Directories allowing storage of additional subscriber data, e.g. metadata
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2747 Scrolling on a display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/27475 using interactive graphical means or pictorial representations
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/275 implemented by means of portable electronic directories
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72469 for operating the device by selecting functions from two or more displayed items, e.g. menus or icons
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/22 including a touch pad, a touch sensor or a touch detector digitizers for touch screens G06F3/041
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57

Abstract

The objective of the present invention is to have a desired screen displayed with shortened waiting time in using functions for the electronic note, etc., while engaging in telephone talk. Another prime objective of the present invention is to achieve an easy-to-use mobile information terminal equipment which also functions as an electronic note, word processor, personal computer, and so on. In transmitting from telephone mode (cover closed status) to information terminal mode (cover opened status), the screen to be displayed is determined to be either a historical information, talk log information, or user setting screen. This enables the user to obtain the desired screen with fewer number of operations and with less waiting time.

Claims

1. An image display equipment comprising:

an image display unit;

a cover for covering the image display unit and for changing an area covered by the image display unit by moving;

a position detector for detecting a position of the cover;

a display control processing unit for controlling the image display unit to display an image on a part of the image display unit other than a part of the image display unit covered by the cover, according to a detection result from the position detector.

2. The image display equipment of claim 1, wherein the cover includes a cut-off part,

wherein the display control processing unit controls the image display unit so as to display an image on a part of the image display unit, the part of the image display unit corresponding to the cut-off part of the cover.

3. The image display equipment of claim 1, further comprising an operation unit and wherein the cover includes a cut-off part, wherein the cut-off part is provided at an end of the cover, the end is located on a side of the operation unit.

4. The image display equipment of claim 2, wherein the cut-off part of the cover is formed in a direction along which a part of the image display unit exposed from the cut-off part expands.

5. A mobile communication terminal comprising:

a display unit for displaying a plurality of communication terminal identification information corresponding to a piece of name information;

a selection unit for selecting one of the plurality of communication terminal identification information displayed on the display unit; and

a call-out processing unit for performing a call-out processing based on the one of the plurality of communication terminal identification information selected by the selection unit.