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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2009
Hiroki Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Yajima, Yokohama, JP;
Hiroki Itoh, Yokohama, JP;
Takayuki Yajima, Yokohama, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide a cellular telephone terminal in which intuitive operation is possible, by providing a rotary dial portion. A cellular telephone terminalis provided with: a body that includes an operation unit side body, a display part side body, and a hinge mechanismA that connects the operation unit side bodyand the display part side bodyso as to be openable and closable around an opening and closing axis; a rotary dial portion, which is rotatable around a rotational axis Z, and which is attached to the body with a standard position; a mark, which is disposed at a position that can be visually confirmed externally both in the opened state and in the closed state, and which serves as an indicator for a rotation amount of the rotary dial portion; and a control partthat causes one application among a plurality of applications to enter a state in which activation thereof is possible, based on the rotation amount of the rotary dial portion