Mobile communication terminal with control section for one-way communication
View Patent ↗A microphone is arranged on the first surface of a first housing, which opposes a second housing in a close state. A first speaker is arranged on the second surface of the second housing, which opposes the first surface in the close state. A second speaker is arranged on that surface of the first or second housing, which is exposed to the outside in the close state. A detector detects whether the first and second housings are in the close state. When communication is being executed, the state of the first speaker when the first and second housings are not in the close state is a valid state, and the close state is detected by the detector, a control section invalidates both the microphone and the first speaker and validates the second speaker.
1. A mobile communication terminal comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing connected to the first housing so as to be able to set a close state and an open state together with the first housing;
a microphone arranged on a first surface of the first housing, which opposes the second housing in the close state;
a first speaker arranged on a second surface of the second housing, which opposes the first surface in the close state;
a second speaker arranged on an outer surface of the first or second housing, which is exposed in the close state;
a detector configured to detect whether the first and second housings are in the close state; and
a control section configured to perform a control operation when the detector detects that the first and second housings have been set from the open state to the close state, the control operation: (i) invalidating both the microphone and the first speaker; and either (ii) validating the second speaker when a communication being executed is a one-way communication which is limited to a reception of a forward link signal; or (iii) invalidating the second speaker when the communication being executed is not the one-way communication.
2. A mobile communication terminal comprising:
a first housing;
a second housing connected to the first housing so as to be able to set a close state and an open state together with the first housing;
a microphone arranged on a first surface of the first housing, which opposes the second housing in the close state;
a first speaker arranged on a second surface of the second housing, which opposes the first surface in the close state;
a second speaker arranged on an outer surface of the first or second housing, which is exposed in the close state;
a detector configured to detect whether the first and second housings are in the close state; and
a control section configured to perform a control operation when the detector detects that the first and second housings have been set from the open state to the close state, the control operation: (i) invalidating the first speaker; and either (ii) validating the second speaker when a communication being executed is a one-way communication which is limited to a reception of a forward link signal; or (iii) invalidating the second speaker when the communication being executed is not the one-way communication.