MOBILE TERMINAL DEVICE

• US 20130009987A1
• Filed: 03/17/2011
• Published: 01/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 03/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Original Assignee: Kyocera Corporation
• Inventors: Takishita, Keiji
• Granted Patent: US 8,937,629 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/619
• 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 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1643 the display being associated to a digitizer, e.g. laptops that can be used as penpads details related to the relative motion of the display enclosure with respect to the body enclosure, e.g. to move between laptop and tablet PC configuration G06F1/1615
• 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 1/1679 for locking or maintaining the movable parts of the enclosure in a fixed position, e.g. latching mechanism at the edge of the display in a laptop or for the screen protective cover of a PDA G06F1/1681 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/00 Security arrangements for protecting computers, components thereof, programs or data against unauthorised activity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/84 output devices, e.g. displays or monitors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2149 Restricted operating environment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0237 Sliding mechanism with one degree of freedom
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0247 comprising more than two body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/66 with means for preventing unauthorised or fraudulent calling verifying user identity or authority in secret or secure digital communications H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/16 including more than one display unit

Abstract

A mobile terminal device includes a display control module 100 performing display control on display modules 11 and 21 and a setting module 100 setting an icon to be kept secret according to a setting operation. In this arrangement, the display control module 100 performs control such that the secret icon set by the setting module 100 is not included in an icon display screen.

Claims

1. A mobile terminal device comprising:

a display module operable to display an icon;

a display control module operable to perform display control on the display module; and

a setting module operable to set an icon to be kept secret according to a setting operation, wherein

the display control module performs control such that the secret icon set by the setting module is not included in an icon display screen.

2. The mobile terminal device according to claim 1, comprising a detection module operable to detect a permission operation from outside, wherein

when the permission operation is detected, the display control module displays the secret icon on the icon display screen.

3. The mobile terminal device according to claim 2, wherein

the display module comprises a first display module and a second display module,

the mobile terminal device further comprising a switching module operable to switch between a first state in which only the first display module is exposed to outside and a second state in which both the first display module and the second display module are exposed to outside, and wherein

when the permission operation is detected in the first state and then the first state is switched to the second state, the display control module displays the icon display screen including the secret icon on both of or one of the first display module and the second display module.

4. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

while a secret application corresponding to the secret icon is under execution and an operation screen for the secret application is displayed in the second state, when the second state is switched to the first state, the display control module stops displaying the operation screen for the secret application.

5. The mobile terminal device according to claim 4, wherein

when the permission operation is detected in the first state after stoppage of display of the operation screen and then the first state is switched to the second state, the display control module displays again the operation screen for the secret application.

6. The mobile terminal device according to claim 4, wherein

when the permission operation is not detected in the first state after stoppage of display of the operation screen and then the first state is switched to the second state, the display control module does not display the operation screen for the secret application.

7. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, wherein

after the permission operation is detected by the detection module, when switch to the second state does not take place within a predetermined time limit, the display control module disables the permission operation.

8. The mobile terminal device according to claim 3, further comprising an operation accepting module operable to accept an operation input to the first display module, wherein

the permission operation is accepted by performing an operation input to the first display module in the first state.

9. The mobile terminal device according to claim 8, further comprising a memory module operable to register an operation input to the first display module as the permission operation, wherein

the detection module compares the operation input registered in the memory module with the operation input to the first display module in the first state, thereby to detects whether the permission operation is performed.

10. The mobile terminal device according to claim 8, wherein

the operation accepting module comprises a touch sensor arranged on the first display module.