Patent ID: 8896562

Claim:
A portable terminal comprising: a display unit: a touch panel which is arranged on the display unit and a part other than the display unit extended from the display unit, the touch panel detecting a position touched by a user on the display unit and outside the display unit; a key part which is arranged outside the display unit on the touch panel, the key part detecting key pressing via the touch panel; and a control unit which performs first control and second control, the first control being control which, when detecting that the user touches a detection area set near the key part of the display unit via the touch panel, even if detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing, the second control being control which, when detecting that the user touches the key part, does not process the touch on the key part as key pressing for a certain period of time, and when detecting that the user touches the detection area or a boundary area within the certain period of time, does not perform a key press processing on the key part regardless of an elapse of the certain period of time, the boundary area being arranged between the display unit and the key part on the touch panel.