Patent ID: 7515705
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04N

Abstract:
1. A portable telephone terminal which pivotally connects a first housing via a connection mechanism to a second housing having a display, comprising: a control unit which detects states of the portable terminal, wherein the states include a first state in which the first and second housings overlap each other with the display facing inside, a second state in which the first and second housings overlap each other with the display facing outside, and a third state in which the display is exposed in an intermediate state between the first state and the second state; a first display control unit configured to automatically actively display video signals which are one of: (i) received by a television receiver embedded in the terminal, and (ii) read out from a memory unit of the terminal, in a full-screen display area of the display when the control unit detects the second state; and a second display control unit configured to automatically actively display video signals which are one of: (i) received by the television receiver embedded in the terminal, and (ii) read out from the memory unit of the terminal, in a limited first partial-screen display area of the display when the control unit detects the third state.