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Patent No.:

US 9172778 B1

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Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015

Filed:

Oct. 27, 2009
Applicants:

Ryusuke Tai, Tokyo, JP;

Mitio Nagai, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ryusuke Tai, Tokyo, JP;

Mitio Nagai, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

NEC CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/02 (2006.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 1/0237 (2013.01); G06F 1/1622 (2013.01); G06F 1/1624 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01); H04M 1/0281 (2013.01); H04M 1/0227 (2013.01); H04M 1/0233 (2013.01); H04M 2250/22 (2013.01);
Abstract

Solved is a problem of difficulty in operating, with an operation unit casing held by one hand, both of a touch panel and a key operation unit without changing the hand which holds the unit. A portable terminal device comprising an operation unit casinghaving a key operation unitformed of a key switch and a display unit casinghaving a display unit and a touch panel, in which the display unit casing is laterally positioned with respect to the operation unit casing such that both of the key operation unitand the touch panelare operable by one-handed operation by a hand which holds the operation unit casing


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