Patent ID: 9176526
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A portable terminal device, adaptable to a plurality of use modes, comprising: a detector configured to detect a change of the use mode; a changing unit that changes a display method of instruction pertaining to an image to a display screen in accordance with a detected result of said detector; a switching mechanism that switches the display screen to a longitudinal status or a landscape status; a touch panel unit that performs an input operation by touching directly on the display screen; a key input unit that performs a key input operation, wherein said detector detects a change of the use mode based on a status change of an upper housing which mounts the display screen; wherein in a case of a first use mode wherein only operation using said touch panel unit is allowed, the portable terminal device displays a larger icon of each image to the display screen than that of the longitudinal or the landscape status of the display screen, and in a case of a second use mode wherein the display screen is in the landscape status and operation using at least one key is allowed, the portable terminal device displays a list of thumbnail images to a left side screen and a list of information of the image corresponding to the selected image among the thumbnail images to a right side screen, and in a case of a third use mode wherein the display screen is in the longitudinal status and operation using at least one key is allowed, the portable terminal device displays a greater number of icons than the case of the first use mode and a larger size of icons than the case of the second use mode.