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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2006
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Azami, Yokosuka, JP;
Hiroshi Inamura, Yokosuka, JP;
Takeshi Tomimori, Itami, JP;
Keisaku Fukuda, Fujisawa, JP;
Takenori Kawamata, Fujisawa, JP;
Toshiyuki Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Azami, Yokosuka, JP;
Hiroshi Inamura, Yokosuka, JP;
Takeshi Tomimori, Itami, JP;
Keisaku Fukuda, Fujisawa, JP;
Takenori Kawamata, Fujisawa, JP;
NTT DoCoMo, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A mobile terminal device, which is provided with the plurality of keys, includes: a touch detection interface for detecting that a user has touched a key; a press detection interface for detecting that the user has pressed the key; a controller for switching the mode in response to whether or not the user has touched a side key, in order to execute a first function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a 'shift mode,' and to execute a second function assigned to the key in a case where the key is pressed by the user in a 'normal mode'; and a display unit for displaying an explanation on the first function assigned to the key in a case where it is detected in the “shift mode” that the user has touched the key.