Patent ID: 8421825

Claim:
An electronic device including a display function in a rotatable and/or openable/closable case, the device comprising: a displaying unit that displays a vertically elongated vertical screen or a horizontally elongated horizontal screen; and a controlling unit that changes screen layouts correspondingly to the vertical screen or the horizontal screen displayed on the displaying unit, wherein the controlling unit sets a first vertical display field and a second vertical display field, on the vertical screen, the first vertical display field displaying an image with a launched function, the second vertical display field displaying a mark, an icon, clock display or any combination thereof, the second vertical display field being arranged on the top of or on the bottom of the first vertical display field, and the controlling unit sets a first horizontal display field and a second horizontal display field, on the horizontal screen, the first horizontal display field displaying, display contents corresponding to display contents of the first vertical display field, the second horizontal display field displaying display contents corresponding to display contents of the second vertical display field, the second horizontal display field being arranged at the side of the first horizontal display field horizontally.