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Mobile device

  • US 7,880,686 B2
  • Filed: 06/08/2004
  • Issued: 02/01/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/08/2004
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A portable apparatus comprising:

  • a hinge coupling an end of an operation-side casing having an operation part and an end of a display-side casing having a main display part with each other for pivotable movement thereof about a first axis;

    an LED display panel arranged in a display window formed on a casing surface of said display-side casing other than a surface provided with the main display part and which has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) matrix-arranged in a plane;

    a display control unit to control display contents of said plurality of light-emitting diodes of said LED display panel on the basis of user-created graphic pattern input display data input through said operation part; and

    a main control unit to control both said main display part and said LED display panel, to register said user-created graphic pattern input display data input through said operation part, and to output said user-created graphic pattern input display data displayed on said LED display panel to said display control unit, whereinsaid operation part and said main display part are respectively provided on surfaces of said operation-side casing and said display-side casing which face each other in their closed positions;

    said LED display panel is provided on a surface of said display side casing opposed to the surface provided with the main display part; and

    said display-side casing is configured to be rotatable by at least approximately 180°

    about a rotation axis perpendicular to the core of the first axis of the hinge.

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