Patent ID: 8466933

Claim:
An information processing unit comprising: an operation unit that accepts an operation by a user; a communication unit that has a capability of wireless information communications; a display unit that has a capability of displaying an image; and a control unit that controls actions of the communication unit and the display unit on the basis of operation contents accepted by the operation unit, wherein the operation unit has a capability of an operation for changing an orientation of an image displayed on the display unit; the control unit is capable of changing the orientation of the image displayed on the display unit on the basis of the operation contents accepted by the operation unit, and when the orientation of the image is changed so that the lower side of the image is located close to the communication unit, the control unit allows the display unit to display a message, when the orientation of the image is changed so that the lower side of the image is located close to the communication unit, the control unit allows the display unit to display a message to let the user select whether to halt or not the action of the communication unit, and when the operation unit accepts an instruction to halt the action of the communication unit, the control unit halts the action of the communication unit.