Portable electronic apparatus

• US 8,902,129 B2
• Filed: 12/23/2011
• Issued: 12/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Mitsunaga, Naoki
• Primary Examiner(s): Bost, Dwayne
• Assistant Examiner(s): Oehrlein, Stefan M
• Application Number:
  US13/336,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20120162048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,075 Days
• Field of Search: 345/1.1, 345173-177, 361/679.3, 361/679.56, 455/556.2, 455/566, 455/575.2, 455/575.3, 715/780, 715/781, 715/864
• 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 the first form;

a first display unit exposed to outside in the first form and configured to display first information;

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 second information;

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

a form detecting unit for detecting the change of the housing from the first form to the second form or from the second form to the first form; and

a control unit configured to, in response to the form detecting unit detecting the change of the housing from the first form to the second form,

perform a searching process for a portion of the first information on the first display unit by asking a server, which provides a search service, on a network for a search, and receiving a search result from the server, and

display the search result of the searching process as the second information on the second display 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, wherein

the second display unit and the third display unit are configured to display the second information.

3. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a storage unit for storing a database, wherein

the searching process further comprises searching the database.

4. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a communication unit for communicating with the server over the network.

5. 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 a 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.

6. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the form detecting unit detects the change of the housing from the first form to the second form,

if no portion of the first information is selected from the first display unit, the control unit is configured to display the first information on the first display unit as the second information on the second display unit.

7. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 6, further comprising a third display unit exposed to the outside at least in the second form, wherein

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

8. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein when the form detecting unit detects the change of the housing from the second form to the first form,

if no portion of the second information is selected from the second display unit, the control unit is configured to display all the second information on the second display unit as the updated first information on the first display unit.

9. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first display unit is provided with no light-emitting source.

10. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is configured to perform the searching process for the portion selected from the first information on the first display.

11. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the control unit is further configured to display a portion of the second information on the first display unit as the updated first information when the form detecting unit detects the change of the housing from the second form to the first form.

12. The portable electronic apparatus according to claim 11, wherein the control unit is configured to display the portion selected from the second information on the first display unit as the updated first information.