Broadcast reception mobile terminal

• US 8,073,487 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2005
• Issued: 12/06/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Kajitani, Ichiro
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, DANH C
• Application Number:
  US11/597,019
• Publication Number:
  US 20070254696A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,395 Days
• Field of Search: 455/550.1, 455/556.1, 455/566, 340/10.1, 345/169, 348/143
• US Class Current: 455/556.1
• 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 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 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 1/3203 Power management, i.e. event-based initiation of a power-saving mode
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3206 Monitoring of events, devices or parameters that trigger a change in power modality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/3265 Power saving in display device
• 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 1/6058 involving the use of a headset accessory device connected to the portable telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/426 Internal components of the client ; Characteristics thereof H04N5/44 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4436 Power management, e.g. shutting down unused components of the receiver power management in computer systems G06F1/3203; hibernate or awake process in computer systems G06F9/4418
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/485 End-user interface for client configuration
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/60 for the sound signals
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/63 Generation or supply of power specially adapted for television receivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/027 by controlling a display operation or backlight unit
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

There is provided a broadcast reception mobile terminal capable of improving both electric power saving and user-friendliness. A broadcast reception mobile terminal (2) is constructed to be foldable as a result of a lid body arranged to be rotated with respect to a main body, and includes a main LCD panel (202a) on an inner surface side of the lid body and a sub LCD panel (202b) on an outer surface side of the lid body. A CPU (209) detects that the lid body is opened or closed by a signal from an opening/closing detection switch. In addition, the CPU (209) obtains from an earphone connector (203) information indicating whether or not an earphone is connected. In a case that the CPU (209) detects the lid body being closed during television viewing on the main LCD panel (202a), and performing a TVOFF process if the earphone is not connected, and stopping video display but continuing output of received audio if the earphone is connected.

Claims

1. A broadcast reception mobile terminal, constructed to be compactable by movably arranging a lid body with respect to a main body, including a display on the lid body or on the main body, wherein

the display is hidden from view in a compacted state, wherein

the broadcast reception mobile terminal, upon detecting the compacted state in a state that broadcast received video is displayed on the display, terminating a broadcast receiving process in a case that audio is output from a speaker, and on the other hand, continuing the broadcast receiving process and outputting the broadcast audio from an earphone in a case that audio is output from the earphone.

4. A broadcast reception mobile terminal according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein said process performed in the compacted state can be selected by a user setting.

2. A broadcast reception mobile terminal with a mobile telephone function, constructed to be compactable by movably arranging a lid body with respect to a main body, appropriately including a main display and a sub display on the lid body and/or on the main body, wherein

the main display is hidden from view and the sub display can be seen in a compacted state, wherein

the broadcast reception mobile terminal, upon detecting the compacted state in a state that broadcast received video is displayed on the main display, terminating a broadcast receiving process in a case that audio is output from a speaker, and on the other hand, continuing the broadcast receiving process and outputting the broadcast audio from an earphone, and displaying a standby screen on the sub display in a case that audio is output from the earphone.

3. A broadcast reception mobile terminal, constructed to be compactable by movably arranging a lid body with respect to a main body, appropriately including a main display and a sub display on the lid body and/or on the main body, wherein

the main display is hidden from view and the sub display can be seen in a compacted state, wherein

the broadcast reception mobile terminal, upon detecting the compacted state in a state that broadcast received video is displayed on the main display, terminating a broadcast receiving process in a case that audio is output from a speaker, and on the other hand, continuing the broadcast receiving process and outputting the broadcast audio from an earphone, and displaying information obtained by the broadcast reception on the sub display in a case that audio is output from the earphone.