Patent ID: 8892169

Claim:
A mobile terminal comprising: a display unit configured to display predetermined information; a display control unit configured to control the display unit; an input unit configured to allow input of predetermined information; and a setting unit configured to set the display unit to a first low brightness display state, the first low brightness display state being the state in which the display unit displays with low brightness, wherein: when the setting unit sets a display state of the display unit to the first low brightness display state, the display control unit controls the display unit to display only predetermined information that should be displayed while controlling the display unit to display a background screen of the display unit with lowest brightness or brightness near the lowest brightness, which is the first low brightness, at the time of displaying the predetermined information on the display unit; the setting unit of the mobile terminal includes a function to count the current time and a function to set a time zone between a pre-set first time and a pre-set second time; and the setting unit compares the current time with the time zone, and when the current time is within the time zone, the setting unit sets the display state of the display unit to the first low brightness display state.