Electronic apparatus and method and program of controlling the same
AssigneeSony Corporatiom
InventorTakayuki Kori
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a keyboard unit fixed to the vicinity of the bottom of a display unit. The electronic apparatus also includes a detecting unit for detecting whether a portion of a display area of the display unit is covered by the keyboard unit and a display control unit for controlling a display mode for an uncovered portion, which is not covered by the keyboard unit, of the display area of the display unit while the detecting unit detects that a portion of the display area of the display unit is covered by the keyboard unit.
Claims6
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- an input device;
- a display unit including a first portion and a second portion;
- a fixing unit configured to position the input device relative to the first portion, the input device being inaccessible to a user and blocking the first portion of the display unit in a closed position;
- a detecting unit configured to detect whether the input device is in the closed position;
- and
- display control means for controlling a display interface confined to the second portion, which is not blocked by the input device while the input device is in the closed position,
- wherein a cursor is confined to the coordinates of the second portion while the input device is in the closed position.
A method for controlling an electronic apparatus including a display unit and an input device, the display unit including a first portion and a second portion, comprising:
- detecting whether the input device is in a closed position, the input device being inaccessible to a user and blocking the first portion of the display unit in the closed position;
- and
- controlling a display interface confined to the second portion, which is not blocked by the input device while the input device is in the closed position,
- wherein a cursor is confined to the coordinates of the second portion while the input device is in the closed position.
A computer program product for executing a predetermined processing function to control an electronic apparatus including a display unit and an input device, the display unit including a first portion and a second portion, the processing function comprising:
- detecting whether the input device is in a closed position, the input device being inaccessible to a user and blocking the first portion of the display unit in the closed position;
- and
- controlling a display interface confined to the second portion, which is not blocked by the input device while the input device is in the closed position,
- wherein a cursor is confined to the coordinates of the second portion while the input device is in the closed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.