Kyocera Corporation

Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.

Sanyo Telecommunications Co., Ltd.

Yuichi Taneya

Takahiro Sato

Takaaki Wada

Kuniyasu Koizumi

Kazuo Nakamoto

Yukio Mori

Haruhiko Murata

Masutaka Inoue

Susumu Tanase

Atsuhiro Yamashita

Hiroomi Kashu

Shigeo Kinoshita

Takashi Yabukawa

Hiroyuki Goya

Masae Morioka

Masae Ichino

Ikue Yamashita

Akihito Shimahara

Kohei Tokuyama

Yoshiyuki Nakano

A mobile communication device includes: a display; a memory configured to store image data and communication party information associated with the image data; and at least one processor configured to display, when a sent mail that is transmitted by the mobile communication device is selected and transmission destination information of the sent mail corresponds to the communication party information, the image data together with the transmission destination information on the display, wherein the image data was previously stored in the memory and not attached to the sent mail.

Mobile communication device

A mobile communication device that includes: a storage unit configured to store therein image data; an address book storage unit configured to store therein communication party information associated with the image data; and an output control unit configured to display, when a sent mail that is transmitted by the mobile communication device is selected by selection of transmission destination information that corresponds to the sent mail, image data together with the transmission destination information, wherein the transmission destination information comprises communication party information pertaining to the sent mail, the image data being associated with the transmission destination information such that the image data is displayed together with the transmission destination information upon selection of the transmission destination information, and wherein the image data was previously stored in the storage unit and not attached to the sent mail when it was sent.

The present invention aims at offering a mobile communication device allowing the user to identify the sender when the user selects or opens a mail in a mail list by outputting an image and music that have been registered to the address book. Accordingly, when a mail is selected in the mail list of the mail box, or when a mail is opened and the mail message is displayed, the received mail display control unitsearches a mail address of the sender of the received mail in the address book. If the image/music data ID information(?) that has been registered in association with the sender of the mail address is present in the address book, the received mail display control unitreads image data or music data from the image/music informationof the information storage unitbased on the image-music data ID information. After the brightness of the image is raised so that the image has enhanced contrast, the image is displayed on the display unitas a background image of a mail list or a mail message while the music is output by the audio processing unit

An openable/closable mobile phone has a function of locking external keys disposed on an external surface of a main body of the mobile phone, whereby the lock function can be temporarily cancelled without opening the main body. A user holds down a side key () provided on a main body lateral surface (). When a judging unit () detects the hold-down, a temporary cancellation unit () instructs a lock unit () to temporarily cancel the external key operation disablement setting, and instructs a resumption unit () to initiate a timer. The resumption unit () initiates the timer, and reinitiates the timer when an external key operation signal is received from an operation unit (). When a given time period elapses, the resumption unit () instructs the lock unit () to terminate the temporary cancellation. An opened/closed detection unit () detects an opened or closed state of a folding part (), and notifies the detected state to the lock unit (). The lock unit () terminates the temporary cancellation when the folding part is in an opened state.

Mobile communication device and method for controlling mobile communication device

A mobile phone having a broadcast receiving function that can promptly preset a receiving frequency depending on areas, and easily receive a broadcast of a broadcast station having the receiving frequency, even when a user moves around for a pleasure or business trip. The mobile phone has a broadcast receiving unit that receives a broadcast, including: a memory operable to store position information of a base station corresponding to a receiving frequency of a broadcast station receivable in an area indicated by the position information; and a control unit operable to acquire the position information of the base station, judge whether the acquired position information is stored in the memory, and when stored, read a receiving frequency corresponding to the acquired position information, and instruct the broadcast receiving unit to receive a broadcast of the broadcast station having the receiving frequency.

Mobile telephone unit with broadcast receiving function

A technology for reducing the so-called 'phosphor burn-in' phenomenon where the variation of luminance arises by reducing display luminance of a certain pixel caused by deterioration in a display apparatus constituted by an organic electro luminescence element is provided. In the display apparatus, when displaying an image acquired by an image acquiring unit, luminance substantially same as average luminance of the acquired image is set to a non-display area where the image is not displayed.

Organic electro luminescense display apparatus and application thereof

Web page content, which is the same as web page content displayed on a first display unit with a mobile communication device in an opened state, is displayed on a smaller-sized second display unit with the mobile communication device in a closed state, without reacquiring content by another communication.

Mobile communication device and screen switching method for mobile communication device

The present invention provides a portable telephone comprising an openable/closable casing having a display, a magnetic sensorfor detecting whether the casing is opened or closed, and a control circuit. When a message is received with the casing closed, the control circuitdisplays the contents of the received message on the display. When the casing in an opening state is thereafter detected, the control circuitdisplays on the displaya reply-message-preparation screen for preparing a reply message to be sent to a sender of the received message.

Portable telephone

The present invention provides a portable telephone which comprises a microphonefor speech transmission, camerasarranged on a casing, and a control circuit. The control circuitvaries the sensitivity of the microphonein accordance with a photographing direction of one camera being operated.

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Osaka, Japan

Yuichi Taneya