Patent ID: 7181240

Claim:
A terminal apparatus comprising: a display unit having a display area; a signal receiving section for receiving a television broadcasting signal including multiplexed video data and text data; an image processing section for performing an image process to process images of the video data and text data received by the signal receiving section to display the images on the display area of the display unit; a subsidiary body having at least the display unit among elements such as the display unit, the signal receiving section and the image processing section, and a main body having the elements other than those mounted on the subsidiary body; a mechanical unit for movably coupling the subsidiary body to the main body such that the subsidiary body is allowed to rotate about a first imaginary axis to take at least one of a first and second transit position while the main body is kept in a fixed position in accordance with operation of a user, wherein the image processing section performs the image process to display on a portion of the display area of the display unit the image of the video data received by the signal receiving section and to display on the other portion of the display area of the display unit the image of the text data received by the signal receiving section, when the subsidiary body is kept in the first transit position while the main body is kept in a fixed position, and to display on the entire display area of the display unit the image of the video data received by the signal receiving section and to display the image of the text data received by the signal receiving section on the displayed image of the video data in an overlapping manner, when the subsidiary body is kept in the second transit position while the main body is kept in a fixed position.