JP2013176165A - Mobile phone - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a technique for allowing for display control with reduced power consumption, in a mobile phone.SOLUTION: The mobile phone comprises: a display unit having a touch panel function; and a display control unit which, when a predetermined touch operation is performed onto an area in a display unit in which display is in an off state, performs display control corresponding to the touch operation. The display control includes displaying of information which is not displayed before the touch operation, for example. The information relates to at least one of call incoming and mail reception, for example.

Description

  The present invention relates to a mobile phone having a display unit.

  Conventionally, various techniques for mobile phones have been proposed. For example, Patent Documents 1 and 2 disclose technologies related to a mobile phone having two display units. A technique related to a display device is disclosed in Patent Document 3.

JP 2007-189410 A JP 2009-71588 A Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 1-282587

  In mobile phones, power consumption tends to increase as functions increase and screen sizes increase.

  On the other hand, in a dark place such as a movie theater, the light emitted from the display surface of the mobile phone may interfere with the surroundings. In addition, when there is an incoming call or mail while sleeping, when the display on the mobile phone is confirmed, the light emitted from the display surface of the mobile phone may be dazzled.

  An object of the present invention is to provide a technique that enables display control in a state where power consumption is reduced in a mobile phone.

  In order to solve the above-described problem, a mobile phone according to the present invention has a first housing that houses the first display unit so that the first display surface of the first display unit is exposed from the surface. A second display unit having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the first surface is the first housing side and is slidable on the first display surface, and has a touch panel function. A second housing in which the second display unit is housed so that two display surfaces are exposed from the second surface, a display control unit that controls display of the first and second display units, and the second An operation content specifying unit that specifies the content of the operation on the display surface; and a positional relationship specifying unit that specifies the positional relationship between the first and second housings, wherein the first and second housings are the second When the housing slides on the first display surface, the entire area of the first display surface becomes the second housing. The covered first positional relationship, the second positional relationship in which the entire areas of the first and second display surfaces are visible, and only a part of the first display surface are exposed from the second housing. When the positional relationship between the first and second housings is the third positional relationship, the display control can be performed. The display of the entire area of the second display surface is turned off by the control of the unit, information is displayed on the part of the first display surface, and the operation content specifying unit is When it is specified that a predetermined operation has been performed, the information displayed on the part of the first display surface is switched under the control of the display control unit.

In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, when the operation content specifying unit specifies that the predetermined operation has been performed on the second display surface, the part of the first display surface By scrolling the display, information displayed on the part of the first display surface is switched.

  Further, in one aspect of the cellular phone according to the present invention, when the positional relationship between the first and second housings is the third positional relationship as a result of the specification by the positional relationship specifying unit, the display Under the control of the control unit, the display of parts other than the part on the first display surface is off.

  In one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, a setting screen for setting information displayed on the part of the first display surface is displayed on at least one of the first and second display surfaces. The

  In one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, a setting screen for setting whether or not to limit information displayed on the part of the first display surface is the first and second display surfaces. Displayed on at least one of the screens.

  In one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, a setting screen for setting the partial luminance of the first display surface is displayed on at least one of the first and second display surfaces.

  In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, at least one of the incoming call history, the e-mail reception history, and the distribution news from the website is displayed on the part of the first display surface.

  In one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, the incoming call history is displayed on the part of the first display surface, and a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication and a communication control that controls the wireless communication unit And the operation content specifying unit specifies that a selection operation for selecting the incoming call history displayed on the part of the first display surface has been performed on the second display surface. Then, when the positional relationship specifying unit specifies that the positional relationship between the first and second housings has changed from the third positional relationship to the first positional relationship, the communication control unit determines that the wireless communication The communication unit is controlled to make a call to the call partner related to the selected incoming call history.

  Also, in one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, the incoming call history is displayed on the part of the first display surface, and the positional relationship specifying unit is configured to determine the positional relationship between the first and second housings. Is identified from the third positional relationship to the second positional relationship, a list of incoming call histories is displayed on at least one of the first and second display surfaces.

  Also, in one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, an email reception history is displayed on the part of the first display surface, and the operation content specifying unit is provided on the part of the first display surface. The selection operation for selecting the displayed reception history is specified on the second display surface, and then the positional relationship specifying unit determines that the positional relationship between the first and second housings is the first. When it is determined that the first positional relationship has been reached from the positional relationship of 3, the e-mail viewing screen related to the selected reception history is displayed on the second display surface.

  In one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, a mail reception history is displayed on the part of the first display surface, and the operation content specifying unit is displayed on the part of the first display surface. The selection operation for selecting the received reception history is specified on the second display surface, and then the positional relationship specifying unit determines that the positional relationship between the first and second housings is the third. When it is determined that the second positional relationship is obtained from the positional relationship, a reply mail editing screen for the electronic mail related to the selected reception history is displayed on at least one of the first and second display surfaces.

In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, the operation content specifying unit may perform a selection operation on the second display surface to select the reception history displayed on the part of the first display surface. After that, the positional relationship specifying unit specifies that the positional relationship between the first and second housings has changed from the third positional relationship to the second positional relationship. A reply mail editing screen for an email related to the received history is displayed on one of the first and second display surfaces, and an email browsing screen for the selected reception history is displayed on the first and second display surfaces. Is displayed on the other side.

  In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, the positional relationship specifying unit may determine the second display after specifying that the positional relationship between the first and second housings is the third positional relationship. The positional relationship specifying unit specifies that the positional relationship between the first and second housings has changed from the third positional relationship to the second positional relationship without performing the selection operation on the surface. Then, a list of e-mail reception histories is displayed on at least one of the first and second display surfaces.

  In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, the positional relationship specifying unit may determine the second display after specifying that the positional relationship between the first and second housings is the third positional relationship. The positional relationship specifying unit specifies that the positional relationship between the first and second housings has changed from the third positional relationship to the first positional relationship without performing the selection operation on the surface. Then, the display of the entire area on the second display surface is turned off while the display of the entire area on the first display surface remains off.

  In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, the mobile phone may further include a posture detection unit that detects a posture of the mobile phone, and the display control unit may change the display according to the posture detected by the posture detection unit. The type of information displayed on the part of the display surface is changed.

  Further, in one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, when there is no information to be displayed on the part of the first display surface, the display control unit displays the fact on the part.

  In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, the display control unit may include at least the part of the first display surface when there is no information to be displayed on the part of the first display surface. Turn off the display.

  In one aspect of the mobile phone according to the present invention, the mobile phone includes a wireless communication unit that performs wireless communication and a communication control unit that controls the wireless communication unit, wherein the display control unit includes the first and second casings. When the communication control unit detects an incoming call in the wireless communication unit when the positional relationship is the third positional relationship, the incoming call is displayed on the part of the first display surface.

  In the mobile phone according to the aspect of the invention, the communication control unit may determine that the positional relationship specifying unit determines that the positional relationship between the first and second housings is different from the third positional relationship during an incoming call. When it is determined that the first positional relationship has been reached, the wireless communication unit is controlled to make an incoming call response.

According to the present invention, it is possible to perform display control with reduced power consumption.

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  FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an appearance of a mobile phone 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment includes an upper housing 1 and a lower housing 2 that are connected to each other by a connection mechanism (not shown). The upper housing 1 has a substantially rectangular plate shape in plan view, and has a first main surface 1a and a second main surface 1b facing each other. Similarly, the lower housing 2 has a substantially rectangular plate shape in plan view, and has a first main surface 2a and a second main surface 2b facing each other.

  An upper display unit 11 having a touch panel function is housed in the upper housing 1, and a lower display unit 12 having a touch panel function is housed in the lower housing 2. The rectangular display surface 11 a of the upper display portion 11 is exposed from the first main surface 1 a of the upper housing 1, and the rectangular display surface 12 a of the lower display portion 12 is exposed to the first main surface of the lower housing 2. It is exposed from the surface 2a. Hereinafter, the display surface 11a of the upper display unit 11 is referred to as “upper display surface 11a”, and the display surface 12a of the lower display unit 12 is referred to as “lower display surface 12a”. In the following, as shown in FIG. 1, the short side direction and the long side direction of the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 are respectively defined as the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction, and the upper casing 1 and the lower casing The mobile phone 100 will be described using an XYZ orthogonal coordinate system in which the thickness direction of 2 is the Z-axis direction.

  The upper housing 1 further stores an audio output unit 20 and an audio input unit 21. The audio output unit 20 has a speaker, and the audio input unit 21 has a microphone. The speaker of the audio output unit 20 is exposed from the end in the + Y direction on the first main surface 1a of the upper housing 1, and the microphone of the audio input unit 21 is − on the first main surface 1a of the upper housing 1. It is exposed from the end in the Y direction.

  An operation unit 23 including a plurality of hard keys 23a is provided on the side surface in the + X direction of the lower housing 2. A power connector 22 is provided on the side surface in the −Y direction of the lower housing 2. When a plug of an AC adapter (not shown) is inserted into the power connector 22, DC power is supplied from the AC adapter to the mobile phone 100.

  In the mobile phone 100, the upper housing 1 can slide along the X-axis direction on the lower display surface 12a of the lower housing 2 with the second main surface 1b on the lower housing 2 side. It has become. Thereby, the upper housing | casing 1 and the lower housing | casing 2 can take the 1st-3rd positional relationship. The first positional relationship is a positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 such that the entire area of the lower display surface 12 a is covered with the upper housing 1. The second positional relationship is a positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 such that the entire area of the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a is visible. The third positional relationship is a positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 such that only a part of the lower display surface 12a is exposed from the upper housing 1. Hereinafter, in the mobile phone 100, a state in which the positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 is the first positional relationship is referred to as a “closed state”. A state in which the positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 is the second positional relationship is referred to as a “full open state”. A state in which the positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 is the third positional relationship is referred to as a “partially open state”.

2 to 4 are diagrams showing a closed state, a full open state, and a partial open state of the mobile phone 100, respectively. As shown in FIG. 2, in the closed state, the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 are completely overlapped, and only the upper display surface 11a is visible. As shown in FIG. 3, in the fully open state, the upper casing 1 slides to the end, and the entire area of the upper display surface 11a and the entire area of the lower display surface 12a are visible. Yes. As shown in FIG. 4, in the partially open state, the upper casing 1 slides partway, and the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 partially overlap. In the partially open state, the upper display surface 11a can be visually recognized in the entire area, but the lower display surface 12a can be visually recognized only partially. In the example of FIG. 4, an area of about 1/5 from the edge in the + X direction on the lower display surface 12a can be visually recognized. Hereinafter, in the partially open state, a portion of the lower display surface 12a exposed from the upper housing 1 is referred to as an “exposed portion 12aa”.

  When the user holding the lower casing 2 of the cellular phone 100 in the closed state puts his / her finger on the upper casing 1 and slides the upper casing 1 in the −X direction with a relatively strong force, the cellular phone 100 is in a fully open state, and when the upper housing 1 is slid in the −X direction with a relatively weak force, the mobile phone 100 is in a partially open state. Further, when a user holding the lower casing 2 of the mobile phone 100 in a fully open state with his / her finger on the upper casing 1 and sliding the upper casing 1 in the + X direction with a relatively strong force, When the mobile phone 100 is in a closed state and the upper housing 1 is slid in the + X direction with a relatively weak force, the mobile phone 100 is in a partially open state. Then, when the user holding the lower casing 2 of the cellular phone 100 in the partially open state puts his finger on the upper casing 1 and slides the upper casing 1 in the + X direction, the cellular phone 100 is closed. When the upper casing 1 is slid in the −X direction, the mobile phone 100 is fully opened.

  <Electrical Configuration of Mobile Phone> FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing an electrical configuration of mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 5, the mobile phone 100 includes a control unit 30, a wireless communication unit 31, a posture detection unit 32, the above-described upper display unit 11, lower display unit 12, audio output unit 20, audio input. A unit 21 and an operation unit 23 are provided. The control unit 30, the wireless communication unit 31, and the attitude detection unit 32 are housed in the lower housing 2, for example.

  The control unit 30 includes a CPU 30a, a storage unit 30b, and the like, and comprehensively manages the operation of the mobile phone 100 by controlling other components of the mobile phone 100. The storage unit 30b includes a ROM, a RAM, and the like. Various functions of the control unit 30 are realized by the CPU 30a executing various programs in the storage unit 30b.

  The wireless communication unit 31 receives a wireless signal from a mobile phone other than the mobile phone 100 or a communication device such as a Web server connected to the Internet by the antenna 31a, and performs amplification processing and down-conversion on the received signal. And output to the control unit 30. In addition, the wireless communication unit 31 performs up-conversion and amplification processing on the transmission signal generated by the control unit 30, and transmits the processed transmission signal to a mobile phone other than the mobile phone 100 or the Internet through the antenna 31a. Wirelessly transmitted to the communication device connected to the.

  The posture detection unit 32 includes an acceleration sensor and the like, and detects the posture of the mobile phone 100. For example, the posture detection unit 32 detects whether the longitudinal direction of the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 is the vertical direction (gravity direction) or the vertical direction with respect to the vertical direction.

  The audio output unit 20 converts the audio data from the control unit 30 into audio and outputs it to the outside. The voice input unit 21 converts voice input from the outside into voice data and outputs the voice data to the control unit 30.

  The upper display unit 11 is controlled by the control unit 30 to display various information such as characters, symbols, and graphics on the upper display surface 11a. The upper display unit 11 having a touch panel function detects an operation of a user's finger on the upper display surface 11 a and outputs the detected operation to the control unit 30.

  Similar to the upper display unit 11, the lower display unit 12 displays various information such as characters, symbols, and figures on the lower display surface 12 a by being controlled by the control unit 30. The lower display unit 12 having a touch panel function detects an operation of a user's finger on the lower display surface 12 a and outputs the detected operation to the control unit 30.

  The upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12 include, for example, a transmissive liquid crystal display panel and a backlight light source that irradiates light from the rear to the liquid crystal display panel. The upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12 may be configured by a non-self-luminous display other than the liquid crystal display panel, or may be configured by a self-luminous display panel such as an organic EL panel.

  The operation unit 23 has a plurality of hard keys (push-type switches) 23a as described above, detects a user's push operation on each hard key 23a, and outputs it to the control unit 30.

  In the present embodiment, the user can input various information to the mobile phone 100 by operating the upper display surface 11a, the lower display surface 12a, and the operation unit 23.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a plurality of functional blocks formed in the control unit 30 when the CPU 30a of the control unit 30 executes various programs in the storage unit 30b. As illustrated in FIG. 6, a display control unit 130, an operation content specifying unit 131, a communication control unit 132, and a positional relationship specifying unit 133 are formed as functional blocks in the control unit 30.

  The display control unit 130 controls display on the upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12. The display control unit 130 displays information such as characters on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a, or individually turns off the display of the entire areas of the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a. Can do.

  Here, the fact that the display of the entire area of the display surface is off means that information that can be visually recognized from the outside cannot be displayed in the entire area. The fact that the display of the entire area of the display surface is on means that information that can be visually recognized from the outside can be displayed in the entire area. Therefore, for example, when the display control unit 130 turns on the display of the entire region of the upper display surface 11a, the display control unit 130 displays information that can be visually recognized from the outside with respect to the entire region. can do. On the other hand, when the display control unit 130 turns off the display of the entire region of the upper display surface 11a, for example, the display control unit 130 displays information that allows the entire region to be visually recognized from the outside. I can't.

  In the present embodiment, the upper display unit 11 includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight light source. Therefore, when the display control unit 130 turns on the display of the entire area of the upper display surface 11a, the backlight is turned on. When the light source is turned on and the display of the entire area of the upper display surface 11a is turned off, the backlight light source is not turned on. Similarly, since the lower display unit 12 includes a liquid crystal display panel and a backlight light source, the display control unit 130 turns on the backlight light source when turning on the display of the entire area of the lower display surface 12a. When the display of the entire area of the lower display surface 12a is turned off, the backlight light source is not emitted. When the upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12 have a self-luminous display panel, the power supplied to the panel is stopped, and the entire display on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a is displayed. Will turn off.

  In addition, the display control unit 130 changes the orientation of characters and the like displayed on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in accordance with the detection result of the posture detection unit 32, thereby changing the orientation of the mobile phone 100. Characters and the like are displayed on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the correct orientation.

The operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the content of the operation detected by the upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12. For example, it is specified that the operation performed on the upper display surface 11a is an operation for inputting a predetermined character or an operation for performing a predetermined setting. Further, the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the content of the operation on the plurality of hard keys 23 a detected by the operation unit 23. Further, the operation content specifying unit 131 can ignore operations detected by the upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12. As a result, the user's operation on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a becomes invalid, and the original operation corresponding to the operation is not performed on the mobile phone 100.

  The communication control unit 132 controls the wireless communication unit 31 to perform various communications with the communication partner. For example, the communication control unit 132 performs voice communication and electronic mail communication with other mobile phones. The communication control unit 132 performs data communication with the Web server. When performing voice communication, the communication control unit 132 generates a transmission signal including voice data input from the voice input unit 21 and transmits the transmission signal to another mobile phone through the wireless communication unit 31. . In addition, the communication control unit 132 acquires audio data from the signal received by the wireless communication unit 31 and outputs the audio data to the audio output unit 20.

  The positional relationship specifying unit 133 specifies the positional relationship between the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2. Specifically, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 specifies whether the upper housing 1 and the lower housing 2 are in the first to third positional relationships described above. Thereby, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 specifies whether the mobile phone 100 is in the closed state, the full open state, or the partial open state.

  Next, operation modes of the mobile phone 100 in the closed state, the full open state, and the partially open state will be described.

  <Closed State> The operation mode of the cellular phone 100 in the closed state shown in FIG. 2 includes an active mode and a sleep mode. The active mode and the sleep mode of the cellular phone 100 in the closed state are referred to as “CL-active mode” and “CL-sleep mode”, respectively. In the CL-active mode, the display on the upper display surface 11a is on and the display on the lower display surface 12a is off. In the CL-active mode, the operation on the upper display surface 11a is valid, and the operation on the lower display surface 12a is invalid.

  Thus, in the CL-active mode, since the display of only the upper display surface 11a is on and the operation only for the upper display surface 11a is effective, the user of the upper display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12 Using only the upper display unit 11, communication such as a telephone call and electronic mail, various settings for the mobile phone 100, and the like can be performed.

  On the other hand, in the CL-sleep mode, both the display on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a are off, and the operations on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a are both invalid.

  In the closed state, since the lower display surface 12a cannot be visually recognized, no operation is actually performed on the lower display surface 12a, but the operation on the lower display surface 12a is invalid here. The word “becomes” means that even if an operation is performed on the lower display surface 12a, the operation content specifying unit 131 ignores the operation.

  In the cellular phone 100 in the closed state, in the CL-active mode, when there is no operation on the upper display surface 11a and the operation unit 23 for a certain time, the mobile phone 100 transitions to the CL-sleep mode. And if operation with respect to the operation part 23 is performed in CL-sleep mode, it will change to CL-active mode.

  <Full Open State> As the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 in the full open state shown in FIG. 3, only the active mode exists. The active mode of the mobile phone 100 in the fully open state is referred to as “FO-active mode”. In the FO-active mode, the display on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a are both on, and the operations on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a are both effective.

  As described above, in the FO-active mode, the display on both the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a is on, and the operations on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a are both effective. By using both the display unit 11 and the lower display unit 12, communication such as a telephone call and e-mail, various settings for the mobile phone 100, and the like can be performed.

  <Partial Open State> The operation modes of the mobile phone 100 in the partially open state shown in FIG. 4 include first to third active modes. The first to third active modes of the cellular phone 100 in the partially open state are referred to as “PO-first active mode”, “PO-second active mode”, and “PO-third active mode”, respectively.

  In the PO-first active mode, the display on the upper display surface 11a is off and the display on the lower display surface 12a is on. Further, in the PO-first active mode, the operation on the upper display surface 11a is valid and the operation on the lower display surface 12a is invalid.

  The settings regarding the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-second active mode are the same as those in the above-described CL-active mode, and the upper side in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-third active mode. Settings related to the display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a are the same as those in the FO-active mode described above.

  The settings related to the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 in each of the above operation modes are summarized as shown in FIG.

  In the CL-sleep mode, the operation on the upper display surface 11a may be validated. In this case, in the CL-sleep mode, a transition to the CL-active mode occurs when an operation is performed on the operation unit 23, and a transition to the CL-active mode occurs when an operation is performed on the upper display surface 11a.

  Further, in the cellular phone 100 in the partially open state, since the portion other than the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a cannot be visually recognized, it is not always necessary to turn on the display of the portion. Therefore, in the case where the display of only the exposed portion 12aa can be turned on on the lower display surface 12a by providing a plurality of backlight light sources for the lower display unit 12, in the PO-first active mode, The display of only the exposed portion 12aa may be turned on. That is, in the lower display surface 12a, the exposed portion 12aa may be displayed with information that can be visually recognized from the outside, and the other portions may not be displayed with information that can be viewed from the outside. .

  Next, how the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 changes when the positional relationship between the upper casing 1 and the lower casing 2 changes, that is, when the sliding state of the upper casing 1 changes. explain. FIG. 8 is a diagram showing the state transition of the operation mode in the mobile phone 100.

<Closed state → full open state> The operation mode of the cellular phone 100 in the full open state includes only the FO-active mode. Therefore, when the mobile phone 100 changes from the closed state to the fully open state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is CL−.
In either the active mode or the CL-sleep mode, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is the FO-active mode.

  <Closed state → partial open state> When the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 in the closed state is the CL-active mode and the mobile phone 100 changes to the partial open state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is PO-2. It becomes active mode. That is, in this case, the settings related to the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 are not changed, only the sliding state of the upper housing 1 is changed, and the operation within the mobile phone 100 is performed. Does not change.

  On the other hand, when the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 in the closed state is the CL-sleep mode and the mobile phone 100 changes to the partially open state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is the PO-first active mode. Become. As a result, the display on the upper display surface 11a remains off and does not change, the display of the entire area of the lower display surface 12a changes from off to on, and information is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a. It becomes possible. Further, the operation on the upper display surface 11a changes from invalid to valid. The information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa will be described in detail later.

  <Full Open State → Closed State> When the mobile phone 100 changes from the full open state to the closed state, the operation mode changes from the FO-active mode to the CL-active mode.

  <Full Open State → Partial Closed State> When the mobile phone 100 changes from the full open state to the partial close state, the operation mode changes from the FO-active mode to the PO-third active mode. That is, in this case, the settings related to the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 are not changed, only the sliding state of the upper housing 1 is changed, and the operation within the mobile phone 100 is performed. Does not change.

  <Partial open state → closed state> When the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 in the partial open state is the PO-first active mode and the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is changed to CL. Change to active mode or CL-sleep mode.

  As described above, when the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is the PO-first active mode, information is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a. Although details will be described later, in the mobile phone 100, the incoming call history (hereinafter simply referred to as “incoming history”) and the e-mail reception history (hereinafter simply referred to as “mail reception history”) are displayed in the exposed portion 12aa. Can be displayed. In the mobile phone 100 operating in the PO-first active mode, when the incoming call history or mail reception history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected and the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state, the operation of the mobile phone 100 The mode changes to CL-active mode.

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone 100 operating in the PO-first active mode, if the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state when the incoming call history or the mail reception history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is not selected, The operation mode of the telephone 100 changes to the CL-sleep mode.

When the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 in the partially open state is the PO-second active mode, and the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 becomes the CL-active mode. That is, in this case, the settings related to the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 are not changed, only the sliding state of the upper housing 1 is changed, and the operation within the mobile phone 100 is performed. Does not change.

  When the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 in the partially open state is the PO-third active mode and the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 changes to the CL-active mode.

  <Partial Open State → Full Open State> The mobile phone 100 in the full open state has only an FO-active mode as an operation mode. Therefore, when the mobile phone 100 changes from the partially open state to the full open state, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is any one of the PO-first active mode, the PO-second active mode, and the PO-third active mode. Even if it exists, the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 becomes the FO-active mode.

  Note that the settings relating to the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-third active mode are the same as those in the mobile phone 100 in the FO-active mode, so the operation mode of the mobile phone 100 is PO-. Even if the mode changes from the third active mode to the FO-active mode, the settings related to the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 do not change, only the sliding state of the upper housing 1 changes. The operation inside the mobile phone 100 does not change.

  <Description of Operation of Mobile Phone in PO-First Active Mode> Next, the operation of the mobile phone 100 whose operation mode is the PO-first active mode will be described in detail. In the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode according to the present embodiment, it is possible to display the incoming call history and the mail reception history on the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a. In the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, one of the display of only the incoming call history, the display of only the mail reception history, and the display of both the incoming call history and the mail reception history is performed according to the user setting. It has become. Furthermore, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the incoming call history and mail reception history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa can be limited by the user setting. For example, it is possible to display only the incoming call history related to incoming calls from destinations belonging to a specific group registered in an address book file, which will be described later, on the exposed portion 12aa. Note that user settings relating to the display of the exposed portion 12aa will be described in detail later.

  In mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment, communication control unit 132 detects an incoming call at radio communication unit 31. Then, the communication control unit 132 generates an incoming call history based on the detected incoming call and stores it in the storage unit 30b. The storage unit 30b stores the latest tens of incoming histories.

  In addition, the communication control unit 132 generates a mail reception history based on the electronic mail received by the wireless communication unit 31. Then, the communication control unit 132 stores the generated mail reception history in the storage unit 30b. The storage unit 30b stores the latest several tens of mail reception histories.

  <Display of incoming call history only> Next, the operation of the mobile phone 100 when only the incoming call history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa will be described. FIG. 9 is a diagram showing a state where an incoming call history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a in such a mobile phone 100. FIG. In FIG. 9 and subsequent figures, the upper display surface 11a is hatched to show that the display of the entire area of the upper display surface 11a in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode is turned off. Yes.

  As shown in FIG. 9, for example, one incoming call history 200 is displayed in the exposed portion 12aa. The incoming call history 200 includes a serial number 200a that is assigned to a plurality of incoming call histories 200 for display in the storage unit 30b in order of newness, destination information 200b for specifying the destination, and incoming time. 200c (including date) and a status icon 200d indicating whether or not the mobile phone 100 has responded to the incoming call are included. The status icon 200d shown in FIG. 9 indicates that the incoming call was not answered, that is, the incoming call was a missed call.

  In the mobile phone 100, when the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies that a predetermined operation has been performed on the upper display surface 11a, the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is switched. In the present embodiment, when the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies that a predetermined operation has been performed on the upper display surface 11a, the display of the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a scrolls, Minutes of incoming call history 200 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 10, in a posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used (horizontal posture in the example of FIG. 10), the user touches the upper display surface 11 a with the finger in contact with the upper display surface 11 a (− When it is moved in the X direction), the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content, and the display of the exposed portion 12aa scrolls upward. The display of the exposed portion 12aa scrolls upward according to the amount of upward movement of the user's finger. FIG. 11 shows a state in which the next incoming call history 200 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa by scrolling the display of the exposed portion 12aa upward. FIG. 12 shows a state in which the incoming call history 200 for the next one is further displayed on the exposed portion 12aa by further scrolling the display of the exposed portion 12aa. As shown in FIGS. 10 to 12, the user moves his / her finger up to the upper display surface 11 a to move the incoming call history 200 older than the currently displayed incoming call history 200 to the incoming time 200 c. The exposure parts 12aa can be displayed in the order of new ones.

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 13, when the user moves the finger downward (+ X direction) with the finger touching the upper display surface 11a, the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content. The display of the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a scrolls downward. The display of the exposed portion 12aa is scrolled downward according to the amount of movement of the user's finger downward. As a result, the user moves his / her finger downward while touching the upper display surface 11a, so that the incoming call history 200 that is newer than the currently displayed incoming call history 200 is exposed in the order of the oldest incoming time 200c. 12aa can be displayed.

  <Display of Mail Receiving History Only> Next, the operation of the mobile phone 100 when only the mail receiving history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa will be described. FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a state in which a mail reception history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa in such a mobile phone 100. FIG. As shown in FIG. 14, for example, one mail reception history 300 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. In the mail reception history 300, a serial number 300a assigned to a plurality of mail reception histories 300 to be displayed in the storage unit 30b in order of newest one, destination information 300b for specifying the destination, A reception time (including date) 300c and a status icon 300d indicating whether or not the e-mail is opened are included. The status icon 300d shown in FIG. 14 indicates that the e-mail has not been opened. Note that e-mail being opened means that the text of the e-mail is displayed even once on the mobile phone 100.

In addition, even when the mail reception history 300 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, if the user moves the finger upward while keeping the cellular phone 100 in use, with the finger touching the upper display surface 11a, The specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content, and the display of the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a scrolls upward. As a result, the mail reception history 300 for another one is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. The display of the exposed portion 12aa scrolls upward according to the amount of upward movement of the user's finger.

  FIG. 15 shows a state in which the next one mail reception history 300 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa by scrolling the display of the exposed portion 12aa upward. Further, FIG. 16 shows a state in which the next received mail reception history 300 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa by further scrolling the display of the exposed portion 12aa. As shown in FIGS. 14 to 16, when the user moves his / her finger upward while in contact with the upper display surface 11 a, the reception time of the mail reception history 300 older than the currently displayed mail reception history 300 is received. The exposure parts 12aa can be displayed in the order of new ones of 300c.

  On the other hand, when the user moves the finger downward with the finger touching the upper display surface 11a, the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content and displays the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a. Scrolls down. The display of the exposed portion 12aa is scrolled downward according to the amount of movement of the user's finger downward. As a result, the user moves his / her finger downward while touching the upper display surface 11a, so that the mail reception history 300 that is newer than the currently displayed mail reception history 300 is displayed in the order of the oldest reception time 300c. It can be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  The status icon 300d shown in FIGS. 15 and 16 indicates that the received mail has already been opened.

  <Display of both incoming call history and mail reception history> Next, the operation of the mobile phone 100 when both the incoming call history and the mail reception history are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa will be described. In such a cellular phone 100, when the user moves his / her finger upward while touching the upper display surface 11a, a plurality of incoming histories 200 and a plurality of mails to be displayed in the storage unit 30b are stored. In the reception history 300, a history that is older than the currently displayed history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa in order from the newest one. In addition, when the user moves his / her finger down while touching the upper display surface 11a, the current number of incoming calls 200 and the number of received mails 300 in the storage unit 30b are A history that is newer than the displayed history is displayed in the exposed portion 12aa in order from the oldest one.

  FIG. 17 shows the newest history among a plurality of incoming call histories 200 and a plurality of mail reception histories 300 in the storage unit 30b, and FIG. 18 shows the second most recent history. FIG. 19 shows the third most recent history. When both the incoming call history 200 and the mail reception history 300 are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, each of the serial number 200a of the incoming call history 200 and the serial number 300a of the mail reception history 300 is displayed as a display target incoming history in the storage unit 30b. 200 and the serial number assigned to the mail reception history 300 in order from the newest.

  When the user moves his / her finger upward while touching the upper display surface 11a with respect to the mobile phone 100 of FIG. 17, the mobile phone 100 sequentially takes the state of FIG. 18 and the state of FIG. In addition, when the user moves the finger downward while touching the upper display surface 11a with respect to the mobile phone 100 of FIG. 19, the mobile phone 100 sequentially takes the state of FIG. 18 and the state of FIG. Become.

<Selection of Information Displayed in Exposed Portion> In the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, when the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies that a predetermined operation has been performed on the upper display surface 11a, The information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 20, in a posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used, when the user moves his / her finger to the left side (−Y direction) with the upper display surface 11a in contact, The content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content, and the information (incoming call history in the example of FIG. 20) displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected. When the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected, as shown in FIG. 21, a selected mark 400 indicating that the information is selected is aligned with the information and displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. Is displayed.

  Further, when the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected and the user moves the finger to the right (+ Y direction) with the finger in contact with the upper display surface 11a in a posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used. The operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content, and the selection of the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is released. That is, the information is not selected. When the selection of the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is released, the selected mark 400 is erased from the exposed portion 12aa, and the display of the exposed portion 12aa returns to the state shown in FIG. FIG. 23 shows a state where the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected and the selected mark 400 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  <Operation of Mobile Phone when Changing from PO-First Active Mode> In the present embodiment, in the mobile phone 100 of PO-first active mode, the incoming call history 200 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected. In this state, when the user slides the upper casing 1 of the mobile phone 100 and the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state, the mobile phone 100 enters the CL-active mode and the selected incoming call history A call is made to a call partner 200. Specifically, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 selects the upper case 1 and the lower case with the incoming call history 200 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa selected. When it is determined that the positional relationship of the body 2 has changed from the third positional relationship to the first positional relationship, the communication control unit 132 controls the wireless communication unit 31 to call the other party related to the selected incoming call history. Make a call. As a result, the user can make a call to the other party on the selected incoming call history 200 simply by sliding the upper casing 1.

  FIG. 24 is a diagram illustrating an example of information displayed on the upper display surface 11a while the communication control unit 132 is making a call. As shown in FIG. 24, the upper display surface 11a displays information 500a indicating that a call is being made, destination information 500b for specifying the destination, and a telephone number 500c of the destination. Is done.

  In the present embodiment, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the user can select the upper case 1 of the mobile phone 100 with the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa selected. When the mobile phone 100 changes to the closed state, the mobile phone 100 enters the CL-active mode so that the e-mail browsing screen related to the selected mail reception history 300 is displayed. It has become. Specifically, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 is connected to the upper casing 1 and the lower side while the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected. When it is determined that the positional relationship of the housing 2 has changed from the third positional relationship to the first positional relationship, the display screen of the email related to the selected mail reception history 300 is displayed on the upper side by the control of the display control unit 130. It is displayed on the surface 11a. Thereby, the user can confirm the content of the electronic mail related to the selected mail reception history 300 only by sliding the upper housing 1.

FIG. 25 is a diagram showing an example of an email browsing screen 501 displayed on the upper display surface 11a. As shown in FIG. 25, in the email browsing screen 501, sender information 501a indicating the sender of the email, destination information 501b indicating the destination of the email, and the title of the email 501c. In addition, the e-mail browsing screen 501 shows a reception time (including date) 501d of the e-mail and a text 501e of the e-mail. Further, the email browsing screen 501 includes a reply button 501f for displaying a reply email editing screen for the email and a close button 501g for terminating the display of the browsing screen 501. When the reply button 501f is operated by the user, a reply mail editing screen described later is displayed on the upper display surface 11a.

  On the other hand, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the user slides the upper housing 1 of the mobile phone 100 with the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa selected. When the mobile phone 100 changes to the fully open state, the mobile phone 100 enters the FO-active mode so that a reply email edit screen for the email related to the selected mail reception history 300 is displayed. It has become. Specifically, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 is connected to the upper casing 1 and the lower side while the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected. When it is determined that the positional relationship of the housing 2 has changed from the third positional relationship to the second positional relationship, a reply mail editing screen for the electronic mail related to the selected mail reception history 300 is controlled by the display control unit 130 Is displayed on the lower display surface 12a. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 is connected to the upper housing 1 in a state where the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected. When the positional relationship between the lower housing 2 and the lower positional relationship 2 is changed from the third positional relationship to the second positional relationship, an e-mail browsing screen related to the selected mail reception history 300 is controlled by the display control unit 130. 501 is displayed on the upper display surface 11a. Thus, the user can edit the reply mail for the e-mail while simply checking the contents of the e-mail related to the selected mail reception history 300 by simply sliding the upper casing 1.

  FIG. 26 is a diagram showing an example of an email browsing screen 501 and a reply email editing screen 502 displayed on the mobile phone 100. As shown in FIG. 26, the reply mail edit screen 502 displayed on the lower display surface 12a shows destination information 502a indicating the destination of the reply mail and a reply mail title 502b. The reply mail editing screen 502 shows a partial screen 502c for displaying the text of the reply mail. Further, the reply mail edit screen 502 shows a send button 502d for sending the created reply mail and a cancel button 502e for ending the display of the edit screen 502.

  In such a reply mail editing screen 502, when the user operates a partial screen 502c that also functions as an operation button, a text creation screen is displayed on the lower display surface 12a. The user can create the body of the reply mail by operating this body creation screen. When the user performs an operation on the lower display surface 12a to notify the mobile phone 100 that the creation of the reply mail text has been completed, the edit screen 502 is displayed again on the lower display surface 12a. Is done. The created text is displayed on a partial screen 502c of the editing screen 502. Thereafter, when the user operates the send button 502d, the communication control unit 30 controls the wireless communication unit 31 to transmit the created reply mail.

In the above example, the e-mail browsing screen 501 is displayed on the upper display surface 11a and the reply mail editing screen 502 is displayed on the lower display surface 12a. However, the browsing screen 501 may not be displayed. Further, the reply mail editing screen 502 may be displayed over the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a. Further, the reply mail editing screen 502 may be displayed only on the upper display surface 11a. In this case, it is desirable to display an e-mail viewing screen 501 on the lower display surface 12a.

  Further, in the present embodiment, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the user does not select a history such as the incoming call history 200 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, and the user can When the casing 1 is slid to change the mobile phone 100 to the fully open state, the mobile phone 100 is in the FO-active mode, and a history such as the incoming call history 200 is displayed as a list. . Specifically, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the positional relationship specifying unit 133 is connected to the upper housing 1 and the mail reception history 300 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa without being selected. When it is determined that the positional relationship of the lower housing 2 has changed from the third positional relationship to the second positional relationship, a plurality of histories such as the mail reception history 300 are displayed on the upper display surface 11a under the control of the display control unit 130. And simultaneously displayed on the lower display surface 12a. Thus, the user can check a history list such as the mail reception history 300 by simply sliding the upper housing 1.

  FIG. 27 is a diagram showing an example of a state where a list of incoming call history 200 is displayed on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 when only the incoming call history 200 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. It is. In the example shown in FIG. 27, ten incoming call histories 200 are displayed over the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a.

  FIG. 28 shows an example of a state in which a list of the mail reception history 300 is displayed on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 when only the mail reception history 300 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. FIG. In the example shown in FIG. 28, ten mail reception histories 300 are displayed over the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a.

  FIG. 29 shows a list of the incoming call history 200 and the mail reception history 300 on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 when both the incoming call history 200 and the mail reception history 300 are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. It is a figure which shows an example of a mode that is displayed. In the example shown in FIG. 29, the incoming call history 200 for 10 cases and the mail reception history 300 for 10 cases are displayed over the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a in order from the newest.

  In the examples of FIGS. 27 to 29, the history is displayed as a list using the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a. However, the history is listed only on one of the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a. You may display.

  <Setting for Display in PO-First Active Mode> In the present embodiment, the user can make various settings regarding the display of the exposed portion 12aa in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode. For example, the user sets the information to be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, that is, whether to display only the incoming call history, only the mail reception history, or both the incoming call history and the mail reception history on the exposed portion 12aa. Can be set. Further, the user can set the brightness of the exposed portion 12aa. Furthermore, the user can set whether or not to limit information such as an incoming call history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

FIG. 30 is a plan view showing the mobile phone 100 in a closed state on which a setting screen 503 for performing settings relating to the display of the exposed portion 12aa is displayed. When a predetermined operation is performed on the upper display surface 11a of the mobile phone 100 in the closed state, a setting screen 503 is displayed on the upper display surface 11a. The setting screen 503 shows a plurality of selection buttons 503a to 503m for selecting various operation conditions on the mobile phone 100 related to the display of the exposed portion 12aa. The setting screen 503 also includes a setting button 503h for setting the operating condition selected by operating the selection buttons 503a to 503m in the mobile phone 100, and a cancel button 503o for ending the display of the setting screen 503. Has been.

  The selection button 503a is an operation button for selecting that the mobile phone 100 performs partial slide display. Here, the partial slide display means that information such as an incoming call history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode. Therefore, in the setting screen 503, when the operation condition that the selection button 503a is operated and the mobile phone 100 performs the partial slide display is not set in the mobile phone 100, the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode Although the display on the side display surface 12a is on, information such as an incoming call history is not displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  The selection buttons 503b to 503d are effective only when the selection button 503a is operated and the mobile phone 100 is selected to perform partial slide display. The selection button 503b is an operation button for selecting to display only the incoming call history on the exposed portion 12aa. The selection button 503c is an operation button for selecting to display only the mail reception history on the exposed portion 12aa. The selection button 503d is an operation button for selecting to display both the incoming call history and the mail reception history on the exposed portion 12aa.

  The selection button 503e is an operation button for selecting to automatically set the luminance of the exposed portion 12aa in accordance with the amount of light (brightness) around the mobile phone 100. The selection button 503f is an operation button for selecting to set the luminance value of the exposed portion 12aa to a predetermined high value. The selection button 503g is an operation button for selecting to set the luminance value of the exposed portion 12aa to a predetermined slightly higher value. The selection button 503h is an operation button for selecting to set the luminance value of the exposed portion 12aa to a predetermined slightly low value.

  The selection button 503i is an operation button for selecting to restrict (filter) information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. The selection buttons 503j to 503m are effective only when the selection button 503i is operated to select the information to be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. The selection button 503j is an operation button for selecting that information such as an incoming call history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is limited to information about a destination belonging to the group 1. The selection button 503k is an operation button for selecting to limit the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa to only information on the counterparts belonging to the group 2. The selection button 503l is an operation button for selecting to limit the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa to only information on the other party belonging to the group 3. The selection button 503m is an operation button for selecting to limit the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa to only information on the counterparts belonging to the group 4.

  In mobile phone 100 according to the present embodiment, an address book file is stored in storage unit 30b. Personal information about a plurality of persons is registered in the address book file. Each personal information includes, for example, a name, a telephone number, an e-mail address, and a group number (any one of 1 to 4) to which the person related to the personal information belongs.

When each of the selection buttons 503a to 503m on the setting screen 503 as described above is operated, the corresponding operation condition is selected, and the display thereof is changed. When each of the selection buttons 503a to 503m is operated again, the selection of the corresponding operation condition is canceled and the display is restored. In the example of FIG. 30, the operating conditions corresponding to the selection buttons 503a, 503d, 503e, 503i, and 503k are selected. When the setting button 503n is operated, the selected operating condition is set in the mobile phone 100. As a result, the mobile phone 100 operates under the operating conditions selected by the selection buttons 503a to 503m.

  When the operation condition that only the incoming call history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is set in the mobile phone 100 by operating the selection buttons 503a and 503b, when the mobile phone 100 enters the PO-first active mode, Display as shown in FIGS. When the operation condition that only the mail reception history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is set in the mobile phone 100 by operating the selection buttons 503a and 503c, the mobile phone 100 is in the PO-first active mode as described above. 14 to 16 are displayed. When the selection button 503a, 503d is operated and the operating condition that both the incoming call history and the mail reception history are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is set in the mobile phone 100, the mobile phone 100 is PO-1 first active. When the mode is entered, the display as shown in FIGS.

  In addition, when the operation condition that the brightness of the exposed portion 12aa is automatically set according to the amount of light (brightness) around the mobile phone 100 by operating the selection button 503e is set in the mobile phone 100, In the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the lower display unit 12 sets the luminance of the backlight light source according to the ambient light amount. The mobile phone 100 is provided with a light amount detection unit (not shown) that detects the amount of ambient light, and the lower display unit 12 adjusts the luminance of the backlight light source based on the detection result of the light amount detection unit. To do. As a result, the luminance of the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a automatically becomes an appropriate value according to the ambient light amount.

  Further, when the selection button 503f is operated to set an operation condition in which the brightness value of the exposed portion 12aa is set to a predetermined high value, the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode has the lower side. The display unit 12 sets the luminance value of the backlight light source to a predetermined high value. When the selection button 503g is operated to set an operating condition for setting the luminance value of the exposed portion 12aa to a predetermined slightly higher value, or the selection button 503h is operated to change the luminance value of the exposed portion 12aa. When the operation condition of setting to a predetermined slightly lower value is set, the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode sets the brightness of the exposed portion 12aa according to the set operation condition.

In addition, when the selection buttons 503i and 503j are operated and the operation condition that the information such as the incoming call history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is limited to the information about the destination belonging to the group 1 is set in the mobile phone 100 In the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, only the history of the destination belonging to the group 1 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. Specifically, when only the incoming call history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, the display control unit 130 refers to the address book file in the storage unit 30b and stores several tens of cases stored in the storage unit 30b. Among the incoming call histories, the incoming call history for the callers belonging to group 1 is the display target in the exposed portion 12a. When only the mail reception history is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, the display control unit 130 refers to the address book file in the storage unit 30b and stores several tens of cases stored in the storage unit 30b. Among the mail reception histories, the mail reception histories for the senders belonging to group 1 are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. When both the incoming call history and the mail reception history are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, the display control unit 130 refers to the address book file in the storage unit 30b and stores the incoming calls stored in the storage unit 30b. Out of the history and the mail reception history, an incoming history for a caller belonging to group 1 and a mail reception history for a sender belonging to group 1 are set as display targets in the exposed portion 12aa. The mobile phone 100 operates in the same manner when the operating conditions corresponding to the selection buttons 503k to 503m are set.

  Note that the setting screen 503 may be displayed on the mobile phone 100 in a fully open state. In this case, the setting screen 503 may be displayed over the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a, or may be displayed only on one of the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a.

  In addition, on the setting screen 503, a selection button for selecting that the incoming call history displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is limited to the incoming call history for incoming calls (the incoming call history 200 as shown in FIG. 9), or the exposed portion A selection button may be provided for selecting to limit the mail reception history displayed on 12aa to only the mail reception history (mail reception history 300 as shown in FIG. 14) for an unopened electronic mail.

  As described above, when the partially open mobile phone 100 operates in the PO-first active mode, the display of the entire area of the upper display surface 11a is off and the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a is turned off. The information displayed on can be switched. Accordingly, it is possible to suppress light emitted from the display surface of the mobile phone 100 while displaying more information on the mobile phone 100. Therefore, even when the incoming call history displayed on the mobile phone 100 is confirmed in a dark place such as a movie theater, it is possible to suppress the light emitted from the mobile phone 100 from interfering with the surroundings. Further, even when the incoming call history displayed on the mobile phone 100 is confirmed while sleeping, it can be suppressed that the light emitted from the mobile phone 100 is dazzled. Furthermore, the power consumption of the mobile phone 100 can be reduced.

  Further, as in the present embodiment, by scrolling the display of the exposed portion 12aa and switching information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, the user can switch while confirming the information one by one. .

  Further, as described above, by turning off the display of the lower display surface 12a other than the exposed portion 12aa, the light emitted from the display surface of the mobile phone 100 can be further suppressed, and the mobile phone 100 Power consumption can be further reduced.

  In the above example, when the user moves his / her finger up and down while touching the upper display surface 11a, the information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is switched, but by other operations on the upper surface 11a. The information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa may be switched. For example, the next history may be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa whenever the user performs an operation of bringing the finger into contact with the upper display surface 11a and immediately releasing it.

  Further, in the above example, the history such as the incoming call history is displayed in one line for the exposed portion 12aa in one line, but the history for a plurality of cases may be displayed in a plurality of lines.

  In the above example, the PO-first active mode to PO-third active mode are provided as the operation modes of the partially open mobile phone 100. However, only the PO-first active mode may be provided. In this case, when the mobile phone 100 in the CL-active mode is in the partially open state, the PO-first active mode is set, and when the mobile phone 100 in the FO-active mode is in the partially open state, the PO-first active mode is set. .

  In the above example, the storage unit 30 b is included in the control unit 30. However, the storage unit 30 b may exist separately from the control unit 39.

  <First Modification> In the above example, the incoming history and the mail reception history are displayed on the exposed portion 12aa of the lower display surface 12a, but other information may be displayed. For example, distribution news from a Web server may be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. The operation of the mobile phone 100 when displaying the distribution news from the Web server on the exposed portion 12aa will be described below.

  Using the RSS reader or the like, the communication control unit 132 acquires distribution news distributed periodically or irregularly from the Web server through the wireless communication unit 31 and stores it in the storage unit 30b. Then, when the mobile phone 100 enters the PO-first active mode, the display control unit 130 displays the latest distribution news in the storage unit 30b on the exposed portion 12aa. FIG. 31 is a diagram showing an example of a state in which the distribution news 600 from the Web server is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. In the exposed portion 12aa, the distribution news 600 is displayed so that characters flow from right to left.

  Further, in a posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used, when the user moves the finger upward while keeping the finger in contact with the upper display surface 11a, the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content and the lower display surface 12a. The display of the exposed portion 12aa scrolls upward. As a result, distribution news 600 older than the distribution news 600 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, as in the case of displaying the incoming call history and the like. FIG. 32 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which a distribution news 600 older than the distribution news 600 of FIG. 31 is displayed in the exposed portion 12aa.

  On the other hand, when the user moves the finger down with the finger in contact with the upper display surface 11a in the posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used, the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content and the exposed portion 12aa. The display scrolls down. As a result, distribution news 600 that is newer than the distribution news 600 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, as in the case of displaying the incoming call history or the like.

  Further, in a posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used, when the user moves his / her finger to the left side in contact with the upper display surface 11a, the operation content specifying unit 131 specifies the operation content and displays it on the exposed portion 12aa. The distribution news 600 being selected is selected. When the distribution news 600 displayed in the exposed portion 12aa is selected, a selected mark 601 indicating that the distribution news 600 is selected is aligned with the distribution news 600 as shown in FIG. And displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  In addition, when the distribution news 600 is selected, when the user moves his / her finger to the right with the mobile phone 100 being used in a posture in which the mobile phone 100 is used, the operation content specifying unit 131 displays the operation content. And the selection of the distribution news 600 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is cancelled. When the selection of the distribution news 600 is canceled, the selected mark 601 is deleted from the exposed portion 12aa.

In the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, with the distribution news 600 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa selected, the user slides the upper housing 1 of the mobile phone 100, and the mobile phone 100 Is changed to the closed state, as shown in FIG. 34, the distribution news 600 is displayed on the entire upper display surface 11a. Further, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the user slides the upper housing 1 of the mobile phone 100 in a state where the distribution news 600 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is selected, and the mobile phone 100 When the telephone 100 changes to the fully open state, the distribution news 600 is displayed on the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a. In this case, the distribution news 600 may be displayed only on one of the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a.

  Further, in the mobile phone 100 in the PO-first active mode, the user slides the upper housing 1 of the mobile phone 100 in a state where the distribution news 600 displayed on the exposed portion 12aa is not selected. When the mobile phone 100 changes to the fully open state, as shown in FIG. 35, the distribution news 600 is displayed as a list using both the upper display surface 11a and the lower display surface 12a.

  In this way, when the delivery news is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, by providing a selection button for selecting to display only the delivery news on the exposed portion 12aa on the setting screen 503 in FIG. Any one of the display of only the incoming history, the display of only the mail reception history, the display of both the incoming history and the mail reception history, and the display of only the distribution news can be selected.

  <Second Modification> In the above-described example, the information set on the setting screen 503 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa regardless of the posture of the mobile phone 100, but the mobile phone 100 detected by the posture detection unit 32. The type of information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa may be changed according to the posture.

  For example, as shown in FIG. 36, when the posture of the mobile phone 100 is such that the voice output unit 20 is positioned on the right side and the voice input unit 21 is positioned on the left side when the upper display surface 11a is viewed, the posture detection unit. When 32 is detected, the incoming call history 200 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  In addition, as shown in FIG. 37, when the posture of the mobile phone 100 is such a posture that the voice output unit 20 is positioned on the left side and the voice input unit 21 is positioned on the right side when viewing the upper display surface 11a, the posture detection unit. When 32 is detected, the mail reception history 300 is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  Then, as shown in FIG. 38, the posture detection of the mobile phone 100 is such that the voice output unit 20 is positioned on the upper side and the voice input unit 21 is positioned on the lower side when viewing the upper display surface 11a. If the part 32 detects, the delivery news 600 will be displayed on the exposed part 12aa.

  Thus, by changing the type of information displayed on the exposed portion 12aa in accordance with the posture of the mobile phone 100 detected by the posture detection unit 32, the user can change the type of the mobile phone 100 by changing the posture of the mobile phone 100. Information can be confirmed.

  <Third Modification> Immediately after purchase of the mobile phone 100, or when the incoming call history and the mail reception history in the storage unit 30b are all erased, the mobile phone 100 changes to the PO-first active mode. Even so, there is no information to be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. In such a case, it may be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa that there is no information to be displayed. FIG. 39 is a diagram illustrating an example of a state in which the fact that there is no information to be displayed is displayed on the exposed portion 12aa.

  When there is no information to be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, the current time (including date) 702 may be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa as shown in FIG.

If there is no information to be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa, the display of the exposed portion 12aa may be turned off as shown in FIG. Thereby, power consumption can be further reduced. In this case, it is desirable to turn off the entire region of the lower display surface 12a from the viewpoint of reducing power consumption, but only the exposed portion 12aa may be turned off. 41 indicates that the display is turned off.

  <Fourth Modification> When the communication control unit 132 detects an incoming call in the wireless communication unit 31 while the mobile phone 100 is operating in the PO-first active mode, the display control unit 130 As shown in FIG. 42, the incoming call may be displayed on the exposed portion 12aa. At this time, the operation on the upper display surface 11a is invalidated. In the example of FIG. 42, the exposed portion 12aa displays information 800 indicating that a call is being received, destination information 801 for specifying the destination, and a telephone number 802 of the destination. .

  Then, when the user slides on the upper casing 1 of the mobile phone 100 that is receiving a call and the mobile phone 100 changes from the partially open state to the closed state, the communication control unit 132 controls the wireless communication unit 31 to answer the incoming call. Do. As a result, the mobile phone 100 starts a call with the called party. In this way, the user can respond to an incoming call simply by sliding the upper casing 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Upper housing | casing 2 Lower housing | casing 11 Upper display part 11a Upper display surface 12 Lower display part 12a Lower display surface 31 Wireless communication part 32 Posture detection part 130 Display control part 131 Operation content specification part 132 Communication control part 133 Position Relation specifying unit 200 Incoming history 300 Mail receiving history 501 Browsing screen 502 Editing screen 503 Setting screen 600 Distribution news

Claims (6)

A display unit having a touch panel function;
A mobile phone comprising: a display control unit that performs display control corresponding to a touch operation when a predetermined touch operation is performed on an area where display of the display unit is off.   The mobile phone according to claim 1, wherein the display control includes displaying information that is not displayed before the touch operation.   The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the information displayed by the display control is information related to at least one of incoming call and mail reception.   The mobile phone according to claim 3, wherein the information displayed by the display control is information on at least one of a missed call and an unread mail.   The mobile phone according to claim 2, wherein the information displayed by the display control can be preset by a user.   The mobile phone according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the predetermined touch operation includes moving the user's finger upward or downward in contact with the display surface.