US 7,321,789 B2
Folding information processor
Yuichi Ishihara, Kumamoto (Japan); and Junichi Oshiro, Saitama (Japan)
Assigned to Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan)
Appl. No. 10/563,294
PCT Filed Jul. 22, 2004, PCT No. PCT/JP2004/010773
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 03, 2006,
PCT Pub. No. WO2005/009010, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2005.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-278084 (JP), filed on Jul. 23, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2006/0229116 A1, Oct. 12, 2006
Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—575.3  [455/575.1; 455/566; 379/433.06] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A foldable mobile terminal comprising a first housing and a second housing connected to each other to be supported so that they can freely be opened/closed, comprising:
an external display part that can be viewed in a closed state on the first housing or the second housing; and
a side face key on a side face of the first housing or the second housing,
wherein when a soft key icon is displayed on the external display part, the side face key is used as a soft key corresponding to the soft key icon, and
wherein on the external display part, together with the displayed soft key icon, position information showing a position of the side face key corresponding to the soft key icon is displayed.