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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
May. 28, 2009
Takeshi Higuchi, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Higuchi, Osaka, JP;
KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An object is to effectively use a surface of a display unit of a mobile communication terminal and to appropriately set a detection area according to display modes, thereby allowing a user to perform an operation easily and intuitively. A mobile communication terminalof the present invention includes a display unit, a screen control unitthat displays a plurality of screens arranged on the display unit, a touch detection unitthat receives a user input to a surface of the display unitand a detection area setting unitthat, when the plurality of screens are arranged on the display unit, sets, as a detection area of the touch detection unitthat receives an operation to each of the screens, an area corresponding to either one screen according to sizes of the screens.