Patent ID: 7774029

Claim:
An apparatus for controlling a key input function and a display function in a wireless terminal, the apparatus comprising: a folder opening/closing detection module which comprises magnets disposed in the wireless terminal and sensors for detecting the magnets, detects a folder housing opening/closing state in the wireless terminal, and generates a folder opening/closing detection signal; a key input module which comprises a first key input module having an inner key and an external key and a second key input module having an inner key and an external key, the first key input module and the second key input module disposed in a first folder housing and a second folder housing which pivot away from a body housing of the wireless terminal in different directions, respectively; a display module which has a first display module disposed in the second folder housing and a second display module disposed in the body housing; and a control module which controls the functions of the key input module and the display module according to the folder opening/closing signal generated from the folder opening/closing detection module.