Patent ID: 8259085

Claim:
An information terminal device comprising: a touch panel; a display that is integrally configured with the touch panel; a plurality of operation buttons provided around the display and outside the touch panel; a touch number counter configured to count a number of times that each of the operation buttons is touched; a touch number storage configured to store the number of times counted by the touch number counter; and a controller configured to control the information terminal device by switching an operation mode between a normal mode for working the information terminal device according to operations of the touch panel and the operation buttons and a cleaning mode for cleaning the touch panel, wherein in the cleaning mode, the controller prohibits an application from being executed according to operations of the touch panel and the operation buttons, and terminates the cleaning mode when the number of times that each of the operation buttons is touched, counted by the touch number counter, reaches a predetermined number, wherein the touch number counter counts the number of times that each operation button is touched in the normal mode, and the predetermined number for each operation button is determined when the cleaning mode starts, based on the number of times that each operation button is touched, counted in the normal mode and stored in the touch number storage.