Mobile electronic apparatus and function control method and program for the mobile electronic apparatus

A function control method for a mobile electronic apparatus including at least two housings, namely, a first housing and a second housing;

• a hinge portion that couples the first housing and the second housing and that is able to change a relative positional state of the first housing and the second housing to at least two positional states, namely, a first positional state and a second positional state;
• a first operation section that is provided on any one of the first and second housings and that is operable by a user in a case that the relative positional state of the first and second housings is the first positional state;
• and a second operation section that is provided on any one of the first and second housings and that is operable by the user only in a case that the relative positional state of the first and second housings is the second positional state, the function control method comprising:
• a step wherein a control section locks the predetermined function to a stopped state;
• and
• a step wherein, in a case that the predetermined function is locked by the control section to the stopped state, the control section controls an operation mode to any one of a first lock release mode and a second lock release mode, the first lock release mode causing the stopped state of the predetermined function to be releasable in response to a predetermined operation performed from the first operation section, and the second lock release mode causing the stopped state of the predetermined function to be completely releasable in response to a predetermined operation performed from the second operation section, and the control section controls the operation mode to the first lock release mode in a case that the positional state is at least in the first positional state.

A function control program for a mobile electronic apparatus including at least two housings, namely, a first housing and a second housing;

• a hinge portion that couples the first housing and the second housing and that is able to change a relative positional state of the first housing and the second housing to at least two positional states, namely, a first positional state and a second positional state;
• a first operation section that is provided on any one of the first and second housings and that is operable by a user in a case that the relative positional state of the first and second housings is the first positional state;
• and a second operation section that is provided on any one of the first and second housings and that is operable by the user only in a case that the relative positional state of the first and second housings is the second positional state, the function control program causing the mobile electronic apparatus to function as a control section,
• wherein, in a case that the predetermined function is locked by the control section to the stopped state, the control section controls an operation mode to any one of a first lock release mode and a second lock release mode, the first lock release mode causing the stopped state of the predetermined function to be releasable in response to a predetermined operation performed from the first operation section, and the second lock release mode causing the stopped state of the predetermined function to be completely releasable in response to a predetermined operation performed from the second operation section, and the control section controls the operation mode to the first lock release mode in a case that the positional state is at least in the first positional state.