Patent ID: 7069056

Claim:
A mobile information terminal equipment comprising: a body; a display unit having a display area for displaying information on a part of a surface of the body; a cover provided on the body in a manner to be able to be opened or closed to cover the display area by leaving a part of the display area uncovered when the cover is closed; a position detector for detecting opening and closing of the cover; a transition screen determiner for setting an application screen corresponding to a particular application which is operating with the cover opened as a transition screen when the cover has been opened from a state of a predetermined application operating with the cover closed, and setting an application screen corresponding to a particular application which is operating with the cover closed as a transition screen when the cover has been closed from a state of a predetermined application operating with the cover opened, based on a detecting result by the position detector; and a display switch for switching displays based on a detection result by the position detector, to display the application screen set as the transition screen by the transition screen determiner on an entire display area of the display unit when the cover has been opened and on a part of the display area of the display unit when the cover has been closed.