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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2011
Filed:
May. 17, 2005
Satoshi Kondo, Kyoto, JP;
Hisao Sasai, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Matsui, Nara, JP;
Satoshi Kondo, Kyoto, JP;
Hisao Sasai, Osaka, JP;
Takahiro Nishi, Nara, JP;
Tadamasa Toma, Osaka, JP;
Toshiyasu Sugio, Osaka, JP;
Yoshinori Matsui, Nara, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a mobile terminal device which can perform an operation reflecting the intention of a user when an event, such as the arrival of an incoming phone call or an email, occurs while a television broadcast is being displayed, and which can also improve the operability. A mobile terminal device is composed of: a TV reception unit which receives a television broadcast signal; an output control unit which controls outputs of video and audio of the television broadcast, auxiliary information of the television broadcast, the email, audio of the phone call, and video and audio of a video phone call, to a first display unit, a second display unit, and an audio reproduction unit; a recording control unit which records a television broadcast program onto a recording medium; a reproduction control unit which reproduces the television broadcast program recorded on the recording medium; a control unit which controls an operation performed when the email or the phone call is receives while the television broadcast is being displayed; and an unfold/fold detection unit which detects whether the mobile terminal device is folded or unfolded.