Patent ID: 9400522
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G06F,G09G,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A portable terminal apparatus comprising: a first cabinet having a first display surface; a second cabinet having a second display surface; a support mechanism which supports the first cabinet and the second cabinet such that an arrangement state is switchable between a first arrangement state where the first display surface and the second display surface are arranged adjacently and a second arrangement state where the first display surface and the second display surface are arranged to have a relative position therebetween different from that of the first arrangement state; a direction detection unit which detects a direction of the portable terminal apparatus; a state detection unit which detects a switching between the first arrangement state and the second arrangement state; and a control unit which controls display on the first display surface and the second display surface, wherein the control unit controls a display mode of the first display surface and the second display surface according to the switching between the first arrangement state and the second arrangement state, wherein the control unit switches the display mode of the first display surface and the second display surface between a first mode where an execution screen of one of two applications is displayed on the first display surface and an execution screen of the other of the two applications is displayed on the second display surface, and a second mode where an execution screen of one application is displayed on the first display surface and the second display surface, according to the switching between the first arrangement state and the second arrangement state, and wherein when the arrangement state is switched from the first arrangement state into the second arrangement state in the first mode of the display mode, the control unit switches the display mode from the first mode to the second mode when the direction detection unit detects that the direction of the portable terminal apparatus is a first direction in which the first display surface and the second display surface are arranged in an upper-lower direction, and keeps the display mode in the first mode when the direction detection unit detects that the direction of the portable terminal apparatus is a second direction in which the first display surface and the second display surface are arranged in a left-right direction.