Information processing apparatus and information output controlling method

• US 7,355,591 B2
• Filed: 04/19/2005
• Issued: 04/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2000
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Adrea LLC (Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sugimoto, Koichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Hjerpe; Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): FATAHI YAR, MAHMOUD
• Application Number:
  US11/109,047
• Publication Number:
  US 20050184982A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-184, 345/901, 434/317, 463 36- 39, 704/235, 704/260
• US Class Current: 345/169
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1671 Special purpose buttons or auxiliary keyboards, e.g. retractable mini keypads, keypads or buttons that remain accessible at closed laptop G06F1/1666 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1677 for detecting open or closed state or particular intermediate positions assumed by movable parts of the enclosure, e.g. detection of display lid position with respect to main body in a laptop, detection of opening of the cover of battery compartment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 7/06 using electric transmission , e.g. involving audible and visible signalling through the use of sound and light sources
• 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 1/0245 using open/close detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/03 Constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. telephone hand-sets
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/52 including functional features of a camera
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 345/901 Electronic book with display

Abstract

The invention provides an information processing apparatus wherein playback of display data and playback of audio data relating to the display data are changed over in an associated relationship with each other in response to an open or closed state of a lid with respect to a housing. The information processing apparatus includes a portable housing having an image display section provided thereon, a lid mounted for opening and closing motion on the housing for covering the display section, a lid opening/closing detection section for detecting opening or closing of the lid with respect to the housing, a display control section for displaying display data on the image display section, an audio playback section for playing back audio data relating to the display data, and a control section for controlling the audio playback section so as to play back, when opening or closing of the lid is detected by the opening/closing detection section, the audio data relating to the display data displayed when the opening or closing of the lid is detected by the lid opening/closing detection section.

Claims

1. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

a portable housing having a display section provided thereon;

a lid mounted for opening and closing motion on said housing for covering said display section;

opening/closing detection means for detecting whether said lid is opened or closed with respect to said housing;

display control means for displaying text data on said display section;

audio reproducing means for reproducing audio data relating to said text data;

memory means for storing a memory location of said text data being displayed immediately before a closing of said lid is detected by said opening/closing detecting means;

control means for controlling said audio reproducing means so as to reproduce the audio data relating to said memory location of said text data stored by said memory means upon detecting that said lid has been closed, and

a see-saw feed switch arranged on said portable housing for operation by a user of said apparatus to cause pages of said text data to be turned forwardly or backwardly.