To provide a folding-type or sliding-type portable terminal which can be deformed by opening/closing, in which even when deformed to a closed state, without requesting any special user operation, a possibility to display a user intended screen is improved.
The invention relates to a portable terminal comprising a plurality of chassis units and for which the relative position of each chassis unit is configured to be modifiable which is provided with a display unit, disposed in a first chassis unit for displaying an image, and a touch panel disposed in a second chassis unit for displaying an image and detecting contact, wherein in the case of a modification from an open state in which the touch panel is visible to a closed state, in which the display unit is visible; and at least a portion of the touch panel is covered by the first chassis unit, when contact is detected upon the touch panel between the prior time of being in an open state to the modification, the image that had been displayed upon the touch panel before the modification is caused to be displayed upon the display unit.
| JP2009164794A | 2009-07-23 |
| WO2003077097A1 | 2003-09-18 |
Kobayashi Kunito
Koji Kawabata
Koichi Kimura