PORTABLE ELECTRONIC APPARATUS

• US 20120162048A1
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Published: 06/28/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: MITSUNAGA, Naoki
• Granted Patent: US 8,902,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/1.3
• 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: G09G 2300/0473 Use of light emitting or modulating elements having two or more stable states when no power is applied
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/021 Power management, e.g. power saving
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/14 Electronic books and readers

Abstract

According to an aspect, a portable electronic apparatus includes a housing, a first display unit, a first operating unit, a second display unit, a second operating unit, and a control unit. The housing is configured to change between a first form and a second form. The first display unit and the first operating unit are exposed to the outside in the first form, and the second display unit and second operating unit are exposed to the outside in the second form. the second display unit is configured to display information in a system different from the first display unit. The control unit is configured such that first information displayed on the first display unit is updated based on an operation received by the first operating unit, and second information displayed on the second display unit is updated based on an operation received by the second operating unit.

Claims

1. A portable electronic apparatus, comprising:

a housing configured to change from a first form to a second form or from the second form to a first form;

a first display unit exposed to outside in the first form and provided with no light-emitting source;

a first operating unit exposed to the outside at least in the first form;

a second display unit exposed to the outside in the second form and configured to display information in a system different from the first display unit;

a second operating unit exposed to the outside in the second form; and

a control unit configured such that first information displayed on the first display unit is updated based on an operation received by the first operating unit, and second information displayed on the second display unit is updated based on an operation received by the second operating unit.

2. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising

a third display unit exposed to the outside at least in the second form and configured to display information in a system different from the first display unit, wherein

the second information is displayed over the second display unit and the third display unit.

3. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to display information related to the first information as the second information in conjunction with a change from the first form to the second form.

4. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 3, wherein

the control unit is configured to perform a searching process for a portion selected from the first information, and to display a search result of the searching process as the second information, in conjunction with the change from the first state to the second state.

5. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a storage unit for storing a database, wherein

the searching process is a process of searching the database.

6. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising a communication unit for communicating with another apparatus on a network, wherein

the searching process is a process of asking a server on the network, which provides a search service, for a search, and receiving the result of the search, through the communication unit.

7. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the control unit is configured to display at least part of the second information as the first information in conjunction with a change from the second form to the first form.

8. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein

the second display unit has a portion exposed in the first form, and

the control unit is configured to display at least part of the second information on the portion of the second display unit in conjunction with a change from the second form to the first form.