Mobile terminal
AssigneeSony Mobile Communications Inc.
InventorsTatsuya SANO, Naka SHIBATA
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus including a first case including a first display unit having a first display screen; and a second case including a second display unit having a second display screen. The first and second cases are rotatably linked by a hinge so that both of the first and second display screens are exposed to an outside in a closed state and both the first and second display screens are adjacently placed on substantially same plane in an open state. The information processing apparatus also includes a detector that detects whether the first and second cases are in the open state or the closed state. Based on an output of the detector selected functions of the first and second display units may be enabled or disabled.
Claims19
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a first case including a first display unit having a first display screen;
- a second case including a second display unit having a second display screen;
- a hinge configured to rotatably link the first and second cases so that both of the first and second display screens are exposed to an outside in a closed state and both the first and second display screens are adjacently placed on substantially same plane in an open state;
- a detector configured to detect whether the first and second cases are in the open state or the closed state;
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- circuitry configured to:
- enable a display function of both the first and second display units when an output of the detector indicates that the first and second cases are in the open state;
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- enable the display function of the first display unit and disable the display function of the second display unit when the output of the detector indicates that the first and second cases are in the closed state.
A method performed by an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- detecting whether a first case and a second case are in an open state or a closed state, wherein the first case includes a first display unit having a first display screen, the second case includes a second display unit having a second display screen, and the first and second cases are rotatably linked by a hinge so that both of the first and second display screens are exposed to an outside in the closed state and both the first and second display screens are adjacently placed on substantially same plane in the open state;
- enabling a display function of both the first and second display units when a result of the detection indicates that the first and second cases are in the open state;
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- enabling the display function of the first display unit, and disabling the display function of the second display unit when the result of the detection indicates that the first and second cases are in the closed state.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-program instructions, which when executed by an information processing apparatus, cause the information processing apparatus to:
- detect whether a first case and a second case are in an open state or a closed state, wherein the first case includes a first display unit having a first display screen, the second case includes a second display unit having a second display screen, and the first and second cases are rotatably linked by a hinge so that both of the first and second display screens are exposed to an outside in the closed state and both the first and second display screens are adjacently placed on substantially same plane in the open state;
- enable a display function of both the first and second display units when a result of the detection indicates that the first and second cases are in the open state;
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- enable the display function of the first display unit, and disable the display function of the second display unit when the result of the detection indicates that the first and second cases are in the closed state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.