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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 09, 2007
Kei Okuda, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Naoto Satokata, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kei Okuda, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Naoto Satokata, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
There is provided a mobile communication terminal of which a display area is inhibited from narrowing when a state of a display screen is switched from a vertically long state to a horizontally long state. The mobile communication terminal is configured to include: a connecting state detecting partadapted to determine whether a display screenis in the vertically long state or the horizontally long state; a display object storage partadapted to store first and second display objects to be displayed depending on an operating state; and a display controlling partadapted to display the respective display objects on the display screen. The display controlling partdisplays, in the case where the display screenis in the vertically long state, a plurality of the first objects in a first object display area provided in an upper end portion of the display screen, and a plurality of the second display objects in a second object display area provided in an lower end portion of the display screen, or in the case where the display screen is in the horizontally long state, the respective first and second display objects in a third object display area provided in any of an upper end portion or a lower end portion of the display screen.