Patent ID: 7505799
Filing Date: 2009-03-17
Classification: G06Q,G07F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile electronic apparatus, comprising: at least two housings, including a first housing and a second housing; a hinge portion configured to couple the first housing and the second housing such that a relative positional state of the first housing to the second housing can change between a first positional state and a second positional state; a first operation section provided on any one of the first housing and the second housing, and configured to be operated by a user in the first positional state; a second operation section provided on any one of the first housing and the second housing and configured to be operated by the user only in the second positional state; and a control section configured to control an operation mode of the apparatus to any one of a first lock release mode and a second lock release mode when a predetermined function is locked to a stopped state, the first lock release mode causing the stopped state of the predetermined function to be releasable in response to a predetermined operation performed from the first operation section, and the second lock release mode causing the stopped state of the predetermined function to be completely releasable in response to a predetermined operation performed from the second operation section, and the control section is configured to control the operation mode to the first lock release mode when the positional state is at least in the first positional state, wherein, when a release operation of the stopped state of the predetermined function in response to an operation performed from the first operation section has failed a predetermined number of times within a first predetermined period of time in the first lock release mode, the control section fixes the operation mode to the second lock release mode.