Patent ID: 8760420
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: G06F,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A mobile electronic device comprising a first casing provided with a display panel, and a second casing provided with a touch panel; and wherein the first casing and the second casing are connected so as to be capable of moving relative to each other, such that a first configuration in which the display panel and the touch panel are in the same field of vision and a second configuration in which the touch panel is positioned at the rear surface of the display panel can be attained; and further comprising a mode switching unit for switching operating modes by determining whether the mobile electronic device is in the first configuration or the second configuration, and when the determinations result is the first configuration, selecting an operating mode that causes the touch panel to function as a keyboard, and when the determination result is the second configuration, selecting an operating mode that causes the touch panel to function as an operation input unit for rear-surface operation; the touch panel includes a graphics display unit for displaying keyboard graphics; and the mode switching unit causes the graphics display unit to operate when the determination result is the first configuration, and halts the graphics display unit when the determination result is the second configuration; and the graphics display unit includes a light-emitting unit; and the mode switching unit controls the operation and halting of the graphics display unit by controlling light emission and the halting of light emission from the light-emitting unit.