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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2004
Ikue Yamashita, Higashiosaka, JP;
Yuichi Taneya, Osaka, JP;
Ikue Yamashita, Higashiosaka, JP;
Yuichi Taneya, Osaka, JP;
Kyocera Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
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.