Foldable cellular telephone
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKohji Sawayama, Satoshi Mizuno, Yonosuke Amano, Tamaki Nakamura
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Abstract
A cellular phone includes a first case and a second case, which are connected in a foldable manner through a hinge. When the cellular phone is in a folded state, a second display unit displays an image with the side (upper side) closer to the hinge as the upper side. Accordingly, the user can hold the second case of the cellular phone in his/her hand regardless of whether the cellular phone is in a folded state or in an open state. The user can easily switch between a folded state and an open state with respect to the first case and the second case.
Claims10
A mobile apparatus comprising:
- a first case;
- a second case;
- a coupling unit for coupling said first and second cases in a foldable manner, wherein
- said mobile apparatus attains a folded state and an open state by said first and second cases pivoting about said coupling unit, and
- said first case includes
- a main display unit located at an inner side when said mobile apparatus is in said folded state, and
- an image pick-up unit located at an outer side when said mobile apparatus is in said folded state, wherein said image pick-up unit is capable of picking-up image data in both said folded and open states;
- said mobile apparatus further comprising
- a detector for detecting whether said mobile apparatus is in said folded state or said open state;
- a first memory for storing said image data picked up through said image pick-up unit;
- and
- a display control unit for controlling display operations of said main display unit, wherein
- said display control unit to store rotating 180° the image picked up by said image pick-up unit in said folded state to image picked up by said image pick-up unit in said open state and store said rotated image.
A mobile apparatus comprising:
- a first case;
- a second case;
- a coupling unit for coupling said first and second cases in a foldable manner, wherein
- said mobile apparatus attains a folded state and an open state by said first and second cases pivoting about said coupling unit, and
- said first case includes
- a main display unit located at an inner side when said mobile apparatus is in said folded state, and
- a sub display unit located at an outer side when said mobile apparatus is in said folded state;
- said mobile apparatus further comprising
- an image pick-up unit located at an outer side when said mobile apparatus is in said folded state, wherein said image pick-up unit is capable of picking-up image data in both said folded and open states;
- a detector for detecting whether said mobile apparatus is in said folded state or said open state;
- a first memory for storing said image data picked up through said image pick-up unit;
- and
- a control unit for controlling display operations of said main display unit, wherein
- said control unit to store rotating 180° the image picked up by said image pick-up unit in said folded state to the image picked up by said image pick-up unit in said open state and store said rotated image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.