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AssigneeSanyo Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorsIkue Yamashita, Yuichi Taneya
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An openable/closable mobile phone has a function of locking external keys disposed on an external surface of a main body of the mobile phone, whereby the lock function can be temporarily cancelled without opening the main body. A user holds down a side key (203) provided on a main body lateral surface (202). When a judging unit (307) detects the hold-down, a temporary cancellation unit (308) instructs a lock unit (306) to temporarily cancel the external key operation disablement setting, and instructs a resumption unit (309) to initiate a timer. The resumption unit (309) initiates the timer, and reinitiates the timer when an external key operation signal is received from an operation unit (305). When a given time period elapses, the resumption unit (309) instructs the lock unit (306) to terminate the temporary cancellation. An opened/closed detection unit (310) detects an opened or closed state of a folding part (103), and notifies the detected state to the lock unit (306). The lock unit (306) terminates the temporary cancellation when the folding part is in an opened state.
A mobile communication device having an openable/closable case, a plurality of operation units that are operable regardless of whether the case is opened or closed, and a locking function for disabling processing associated with operation of the operation units, comprising:
A method for controlling a mobile communication device having an openable/closable case, a plurality of operation units that are operable regardless of whether the case is opened or closed, and a locking function for disabling processing associated with operation of the operation units, comprising the steps of:
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