Patent ID: 8363147
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: G06F,G06T,H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic apparatus having a display function, comprising: a rectangular display unit; a touch sensor which is located on the rectangular display unit; a tilt sensor which detects a direction of a tilt of the electronic apparatus; a processor that runs a software application of a plurality of software applications based on a user selection of an icon, the icon being displayed in the rectangular display unit and corresponding to the software application, and controls an orientation of display on the rectangular display unit based on the tilt direction of the electronic apparatus; an operation unit disposed on a line which is perpendicular to a short side of the rectangular display unit and starts and ends in a middle of the short side of the rectangular display unit; and a camera unit, wherein the processor alters the orientation of display on the rectangular display unit based on whether the tilt direction is detected by the tilt sensor and whether one of the plurality of software applications is activated.