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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2006
Yoshiteru Matsushita, Chiba, JP;
Masanori Honda, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kiyoshi Suzuki, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Minoru Takemoto, Chiba, JP;
Yoshiteru Matsushita, Chiba, JP;
Masanori Honda, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Kiyoshi Suzuki, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Minoru Takemoto, Chiba, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A flexible LCD () is a flexible display. The flexible LCD () is pulled out from an upper cabinet to change a display area of the flexible LCD (). An amount-of-sliding detecting section () measures the pullout amount (amount of sliding) of the flexible LCD () when the flexible LCD () is pulled out from a mobile terminal unit () or is retracted into the mobile terminal unit (). A display controller () causes the flexible LCD () to display in a manner responsive to the amount of sliding that is measured by the amount-of-sliding detecting section (). The foregoing makes it possible to utilize effectively the display having a display area that is revealed when the display is pulled out.