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Pioneer Corporation

Pioneer Design Corporation

Mikiko Arakawa

Mizuki Tomono

Yoshinori Nakatsuka

Naofumi Hirayama

Katsumi Kobayashi

A multi-functional portable information terminal is equipped with a display and makes it possible to reuse the information held by a given function for another function. The portable information terminal comprises image range specifying part for specifying a given selected object within a given application windows displayed on a display panel. The terminal also comprises a copy part for copying the image of the selected object to display the copied image in floating on the display panel. The terminal further comprises a pasting part for pasting the selected object displayed in a floating manner onto another application window changed by the operation of a spectrum dial on the display panel.

Portable information terminal

A portable telephone, equipped with an opening/closing cover, which houses an operating part. An operating panel is mounted to a main casing in a manner enabling movement between a position at the front face side and a position at the inner side of the main casing, and a compression spring, which urges this operating panel in the direction of the position at the front face side of the main casing is equipped. When the opening/closing cover is at the closed position, the operating panel is positioned at the position at the inner side of the main casing, and when the opening/closing cover is opened, the operating panel is moved to the position at the front face side by the compression spring so that it is positioned at a position at which the operating surface is substantially flush with the back face of the opening/closing cover that is positioned at the opened position. With another aspect of this invention, an opened/closed condition detection sensor is provided, and in response to the opening and closing of the opening/closing cover, an image is displayed on the display panel in accordance with a signal processed image signal.

Portable telephone

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Iruma, Japan

Mikiko Arakawa