Mobile phone

• US 8,359,050 B2
• Filed: 11/18/2011
• Issued: 01/22/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/22/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Okuda, Kei, Kawauti, Yasuhiro, Suganuma, Toshio, Banba, Yuko
• Primary Examiner(s): Maung, Nay A
• Assistant Examiner(s): Perez, Angelica
• Application Number:
  US13/300,140
• Publication Number:
  US 20120129555A1
• Time in Patent Office: 431 Days
• Field of Search: 455/466, 455/556.1, 455/3.01, 455/3.06, 455/566, 455/550.1, 455/66.1, 455/412.1, 455/412.2, 455/414.1, 4555711-5713, 348/14.07, 348/14.03, 348/553, 725/43, 725/141, 725/115, 725/117, 725/137, 379/265.09, 345/169
• US Class Current: 455/466
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0216 Foldable in one direction, i.e. using a one degree of freedom hinge
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0233 Including a rotatable display body part
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0241 using relative motion of the body parts to change the operational status of the telephone set, e.g. switching on/off, answering incoming call
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72436 for text messaging, e.g. short messaging services [SMS] or e-mails
• 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 21/4334 Recording operations recording of a television signal H04N5/76; arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information H04H60/27
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4786 e-mailing message switching systems, e.g. electronic mail systems H04L51/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4884 for displaying subtitles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/445 for displaying additional information H04N5/50 takes precedence

Abstract

A mobile phone which allows a user to continuously watch a television broadcast even if there is a call from the other party phone is provided. If a call comes from the other party phone in a state of displaying television image on a main display, the television audio output part 36 stops outputting television audio corresponding to the television image while the television image display part maintains display of the television image on the main display, wherein the character information display part 38 causes the main display to display caption corresponding to the television image. Therefore, the user is allowed to continuously watch the television broadcast on the basis of the television image and caption while communicating with the other party phone.

Claims

1. A mobile phone comprising:

television broadcast reception means adapted to receive a television broadcast wave;

television image display means adapted to display a television image on a display screen on the basis of the received television broadcast wave;

electronic mail reception means adapted to receive an electronic mail made of character information from a base station;

scroll display means adapted to provide scroll display of said character information of the electronic mail on a first display area of said display screen as time elapses when the electronic mail is received in a state that said television image display means displays the television image on the display screen;

mail browsing application start means adapted to start an application to browse through said character information of the received electronic mail on a second display area of said display screen when an operation is carried out by a user before the scroll display includes entire character information of the received electronic mail on said display screen; and

mail creating application start means adapted to start an application to create a reply electronic mail to the received electronic mail when said operation is carried out by the user within a fixed period of time after said entire character information of the received electronic mail is subjected to the scroll display on said display screen.

2. The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein said mail browsing application start means starts an application to browse through said character information other than said character information already subjected to the scroll display on the first display area of said display screen.

3. The mobile phone according to claim 2, further comprising:

a display case created with a rectangular display screen;

holding means adapted to rotatably hold said display case within a face of horizontally disposing said display screen so that said display screen should be in a longitudinally extended state and a laterally extended state; and

rotational operation detection means adapted to detect a rotational operation of said display case by the user, wherein

said television image display means causes the display screen to display the television image rotated in accordance with said rotational operation; and

said mail browsing application start means starts an application on the basis of a rotational operation to make a transition of said display screen from the laterally extended state to the longitudinally extended state.

4. The mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein

said television image display means continuously displays the television image on one side of a longitudinal direction on said display screen disposed in the longitudinally extended state after said mail browsing application start means starts an application;

and

said mail browsing application start means displays a screen to browse through an electronic mail on the other side of the longitudinal direction on said display screen.

5. The mobile phone according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display case created with a rectangular display screen;

holding means adapted to rotatably hold said display case within a face of horizontally disposing said display screen so that said display screen should be in a longitudinally extended state and a laterally extended state; and

rotational operation detection means adapted to detect a rotational operation of said display case by the user, wherein

said television image display means causes the display screen to display the television image rotated in accordance with said rotational operation; and

said mail creating application start means starts an application on the basis of a rotational operation to make a transition of said display screen from the laterally extended state to the longitudinally extended state.

6. The mobile phone according to claim 5, wherein said television image display means continuously displays the television image on one side of a longitudinal direction on said display screen disposed in the longitudinally extended state after said mail creating application start means starts an application;

and

said mail creating application start means displays a screen to create an electronic mail on the other side of the longitudinal direction on said display screen.