| US 7,577,461 B2 | ||
| Foldable cellular telephone | ||
| Kohji Sawayama, Higashihiroshima (Japan); Satoshi Mizuno, Higashihiroshima (Japan); Yonosuke Amano, Higashihiroshima (Japan); and Tamaki Nakamura, Higashihiroshima (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 16, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/581,125. | ||
| Application 11/581125 is a division of application No. 10/465869, filed on Jun. 20, 2003, granted, now 7,155,253. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2002-180953 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0032277 A1, Feb. 08, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—556.1 [455/90.1; 455/550.1; 455/566; 455/575.3; 455/344; 348/14.01; 348/14.02; 348/211.2; 439/13] | 7 Claims |
| 1. A cellular phone comprising:
a first case;
a second case;
a coupling unit for coupling said first and second cases in a foldable manner, wherein
said cellular phone 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 first display unit located at an inner side when said cellular phone is in said folded state, and
a second display unit and an image pick-up unit located at an outer side when said cellular phone 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 cellular phone further comprising
a detector for detecting whether said cellular phone 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;
a second memory for storing text data;
a display control unit for controlling display operations of said first and second display units based on the detected state
by said detector, wherein
said display control unit causes said second display unit to display the image corresponding to said image data stored in
said first memory such that a top of the image in an upright orientation is located at an upper side of said second display
unit adjacent to said coupling unit in said folded state and causes said first display unit to display the image such that
a bottom of the image in an upright orientation is located at an lower side of said first display unit adjacent to said coupling
unit in said open state, and
said display control unit causes said second display unit to display the text corresponding to said text data stored in said
second memory such that a top of the text in an upright orientation is located at said upper side of said second display unit
adjacent to said coupling unit in said folded state.
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