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US 5,710,576 AGranted
Portable electronic apparatus having partial display function
AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsToshiro Nishiyama, Yasuhiro Kobayashi
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AssigneeNEC Corporation
InventorsToshiro Nishiyama, Yasuhiro Kobayashi
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A portable electronic device has a construction in which a first housing and a second housing are capable of being opened and closed and a display is mounted on an inner side of the first housing. A partial display area of the display is in a visible state even if the second housing is closed, and the full display area becomes in a visible state when the second housing is opened. An open/close state of the housings is detected by an open/close detector mounted on the first housing or the second housing. It may be detected by a user operating a predetermined key. According to the detected open/close state, a displaying area of the information is changed between the partial display area and the full display area. At the open state, the information is displayed in the full display area. At the closed state, the information is displayed in the partial display area.
A method for displaying data on a display having a predetermined display area in a portable electronic apparatus which comprises a first housing provided with the display in an inner side of the first housing and a second housing connected to the first housing such that the first housing and the second housing are opened and closed, the method comprising the steps of:
A method for displaying data on a display having a predetermined display area in a portable electronic apparatus which comprises a first housing provided with the display in an inner side of the first housing and a second housing connected to the first housing such that the first housing and the second housing are opened and closed, the method comprising the steps of:
A portable radio apparatus comprising a radio receiver and a display having a predetermined display area, the portable radio apparatus comprising:
An apparatus for displaying data on a display having a predetermined display area, the apparatus comprising:
The apparatus according to 26, wherein the second housing is provided with at least one basic function key in an outer side of the second housing, the basic function key comprising a display operation key for displaying the data in the partial display area.
An apparatus for displaying data on a display having a predetermined display area, the apparatus comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.