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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 10, 2013
Filed:
May. 30, 2005
Yusuke Miyata, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Yonosuke Amano, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Yusuke Miyata, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Yonosuke Amano, Higashihiroshima, JP;
Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka-Shi, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
[Summary] [Object] An object of the present invention is to enhance operability of a mobile communication terminal to be foldable by directing a display panel outward. [Means for Settlement] A folding-type mobile communication terminal including a thin operation casewith an operation panel being formed, a thin display casewith a display panel being formed, and a movable connectorto connect the operation caseand the display case, in which transition can be made between a normal open state of expanding the both casesandby directing the operation panel and the display panel to the same direction, and a reverse close state of being folded by directing the display panel outward and opposing the main surfaces of the both cases, and having a main multifunction keyto be provided in the operation panel and capable of performing two or more different operation inputs corresponding to pressing portions, and a side multifunction keyto be provided in the end surface of the operation caseand capable of performing the same operations with the main multifunction keyto achieve the same operation inputs therewith.