Electronic apparatus having movable parts
AssigneeSony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
InventorsRajeev Rema Shanmugam, Mohanraj Manoharan
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a display panel connected to a body and able to occupy a first and second position with respect to the body, and an input panel connected to the body and able to occupy a first and second position with respect to the body. When the display panel and the input panel both occupy their respective first position, the input panel hides part of the display panel. When the display panel occupies its first position and the input panel occupies its second position, the display panel hides at least part of the input panel. When the display panel occupies its second position, the input panel is movable from its first position to its second position and/or movable from its second position to its first position.
Claims9
Electronic apparatus including
- a body;
- a display panel movably connected to the body so as to be able to occupy at least a first position and a second position with respect to the body;
- and
- an input panel movably connected to the body so as to be able to occupy at least a first position and a second position with respect to the body;
- the apparatus being configured so that,
- when the display panel occupies its first position and the input panel occupies its first position, the input panel hides part of the display panel;
- when the display panel occupies its first position and the input panel occupies its second position, the display panel hides at least part of the input panel;
- and
- when the display panel occupies its second position, the input panel is at least one of movable from its first position to its second position, and movable from its second position to its first position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.