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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 26, 2009
Naoto Satokata, Osaka, JP;
Naoto Satokata, Osaka, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To prevent a function assigned to a selection item from being performed by an erroneous operation at the time when both housings are expanded or housed. A mobile information terminal that includes: an operation housinghaving an operation panelon which a plurality of operation keysare arrayed; a display housinghaving a display panelon which a plurality of selection items are displayed and a touch operation on any of the selection items is performed; and a connecting mechanism connecting the operation housingand the display housingto each other, and can make the transition between an open state where the operation panelis exposed and a close state where the operation panelis housed is configured to include: a touch panelthat detects the operation start and end of the touch operation; a selection item selecting partthat, on the basis of a result of the detection of the operation start, selects the selection item; a state transition detecting partthat detects a state transition between the open state and the close state; and a function performing partthat performs a function preliminarily assigned to the currently selected selection item on the basis of a result of the detection of the operation end and a result of the detection of the state transition.