Patent ID: 8423085
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An electronic portable terminal apparatus having a displaying function in a housing unit thereof that can be opened/closed and is rotatable, comprising: a fixed housing unit; a movable arm unit that is fitted to the fixed housing unit through a hinging unit; a movable housing unit that is fitted rotatably using a rotation module to the movable arm unit; a display that is mounted on the movable housing unit, and displays one of a vertically oriented screen and a horizontally oriented screen correspondingly to a rotation of the movable housing unit; a controlling unit that, when text message or a message including a text is displayed on the display, sets a displaying column for the message in a full lateral width that the horizontally oriented screen has and can be displayed, in the horizontally oriented screen set on the display, and causes the information to be displayed in the displaying column; and an opened/closed state sensor that detects one of an opened state and a closed state of the housing unit, the opened state being a state where the movable housing unit and the movable arm unit are open to the fixed housing unit, the closed state being a state where a display side of the movable housing unit is in contact with the fixed housing unit, and the movable housing unit and the movable arm unit are close to the fixed housing unit, the movable housing unit and the movable arm unit being opened and closed due to a rotation around the hinging unit as a center thereof, wherein the controlling unit displays a horizontal sub screen when the movable housing unit that is closed is rotated to the right or the left while the housing unit is in the closed state, the horizontal sub screen being set in a portion of the display, the portion being exposed from the housing unit by the rotation of the movable housing unit, and switches the horizontal sub screen, displayed on the display, to the full lateral width display of the horizontally oriented screen when the opened/closed state sensor detects the opened state of the housing unit; wherein rotating on the rotation module rotates only the movable housing unit and rotating on the hinging unit opens/closes both the movable arm unit and the movable housing unit.