Patent ID: 8907819
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device comprising a key input unit including a plurality of keys or buttons, characterized by further comprising: a plurality of light-emitting units arranged in each of the plurality of keys or buttons in the key input unit, the plurality of light-emitting units each having a plurality of light emission colors; and light emission control means that controls the plurality of light-emitting units to provide a notification of a state of the portable electronic device with a lighting pattern and the light emission colors of the plurality of light-emitting units, wherein: the light emission control means changes the lighting pattern to a first key illumination lighting when a calling action is taken or to a second key illumination when the state of the portable electronic device is changed to a connection-established state and changes the lighting pattern in association with at least the light emission color and a lighting period to thereby perform the first key illumination lighting in which the lighting period is set to repeated lighting and the second key illumination lighting in which the lighting period is set to one cycle, and wherein the light emission control means changes the lighting pattern so that only rightmost plurality of keys or buttons are set to be lightened in a case where a user is right-handed or that only leftmost plurality of keys or buttons are set to be lightened in a case where a user is left-handed.