IP Library Patent Application 11979112
Patent Application
App. No. 11/979,112

Portable apparatus

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App. No.
11/979,112
Abstract

The present invention is aimed at obtaining a portable terminal capable of display of high luminance with low power consumption and is configured to be provided with an LED display panel having a plurality of light-emitting diodes matrix-arranged in a display window formed on the surface of a casing accommodating electronic components and to control display of the light-emitting diodes of the aforementioned LED display panel with a display control unit. According to the present invention, therefore, it is possible to perform display of high luminance with low power consumption with the matrix-arranged light-emitting diodes.

Claims (25)

1 - 15 . (canceled)

16 : A portable apparatus comprising:

an LED display panel which is arranged in a display window formed on a surface of a casing accommodating electronic components and which has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) outwardly projecting light and matrix-arranged in a plane;

a display control unit controlling display of said plurality of light-emitting diodes of said LED display panel on the basis of input display data; and

a main control unit outputting said display data displayed on said LED display panel to said display control unit.

17 : The portable apparatus according to claim 16 , further comprising:

a camera imaging an object; and

an operation part photographically operating said camera; wherein the LED display panel is so arranged that said plurality of light-emitting diodes project light in a direction to which said camera is directed in operation of said camera, and

the display control unit controls lighting of said plurality of light-emitting diodes in association with a photographic operation of said camera.

18 : A portable apparatus comprising:

a hinge coupling an end of an operation-side casing having an operation part and an end of a display-side casing having a main display part with each other for pivotal movement thereof;

an LED display panel which is arranged in a display window formed on a casing surface of said display-side casing other than a surface provided with the main display part and which has a plurality of light-emitting diodes (LEDs) outwardly projecting light and matrix-arranged in a plane;

a display control unit, controlling display of said plurality of light emitting diodes of said LED display panel on the basis of input display data;

a main control unit outputting said display data displayed on said LED display panel to said display control unit;

a camera imaging an object; and

an operation part photographically operating the camera; wherein

the LED display panel is so arranged that said plurality of light-emitting diodes project light in a direction to which said camera is directed in operation of said camera; and

said display control unit controls lighting of said plurality of light-emitting diodes in association with a photographic operation of said camera.

19 : The portable apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the display control unit controls display of a light emitting color of said plurality of light emitting light emitting color.

20 : The portable apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the display control unit controls display of a light emitting color of said plurality of light emitting diodes to white or another light emitting color.

21 : The portable apparatus according to claim 17 , wherein the display control unit controls lighting of a previously set number of the light-emitting diodes.

22 : The portable apparatus according to claim 18 , wherein the display control unit controls lighting of a previously set number of the light-emitting diodes.

23 : The portable apparatus according to claim 17 , having a photosensor sensing ambient brightness, wherein the display control unit controls lighting of the light-emitting diodes of a number corresponding to brightness sensed by said photosensor.

24 : The portable apparatus according to claim 18 , having a photosensor sensing ambient brightness, wherein

the display control unit controls lighting of the light-emitting diodes of a number corresponding to brightness sensed by said photosensor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2011
From: MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC CORPORATION
To: APPLE INC.
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