Patent ID: 7792557
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: G06K,H04M,H04N,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A portable communication apparatus comprising: a main housing having at least a display section and an operation section; a movable housing engaged with the main housing so that said movable housing is freely slidable in a longitudinal direction between a retracted state and an extended state; an urging member for urging said main housing and said movable housing in an extension direction; a releasable lock mechanism for releasably locking said main housing and said movable housing in the retracted state, wherein the locking is released by a predetermined operation; and a display controller for divisionally driving the display section depending on a position of the movable housing with respect to the main housing such that the covered portion of the display section is not driven, wherein said movable housing is sheath-shaped such that the display section of said main housing and its side and back surfaces corresponding to the display section are covered with said movable housing when said main housing and said movable housing are in the retracted state, and wherein a portion of said display section of said main housing is covered and protected by said movable housing when said main housing and said movable housing are in the retracted state.