Dual screen device having power state indicators

1. A portable computing device comprising:

a first chassis provided with a first touch display unit;

a second chassis provided with a second touch display unit;

a coupling part which rotatably couples the first chassis and the second chassis to each other; and

a control unit which displays screen state information indicating a power state and a content identifier of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit on both of the touch display units;

wherein the power state for each of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit indicates an on/off status of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit;

wherein the power state is represented by a symbol and wherein the content identifier corresponds to a word indicating an application type for a currently displayed application;

wherein the symbol representing the power state for the first touch display unit is different than the symbol representing the power state for the second touch display unit;

wherein the content identifier on each of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit indicates the application type for the currently displayed application on the opposite display unit.

2. The portable computing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit displays the screen state information where an angle θ of the second chassis with respect to the first chassis satisfies 180 degrees<θ≤360 degrees.

3. The portable computing device according to claim 1 , wherein the screen state information includes information indicating turning on and off of the screen.

4. The portable computing device according to claim 1 , wherein the screen state information includes information indicating a display content of the screen.

5. The portable computing device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit switches the state of the screen of at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit according to an input operation on at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

6. The portable computing device according to claim 5 , wherein the switching of the state of the screen includes an action selected from the group consisting of turning on of a display unit, turning off of a display unit, and display unit switching.

7. The portable computing device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit selects the content of a display unit to be switched based on the number of fingers touching at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

8. The portable computing device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit switches the display to a primary display unit or a secondary display unit based on the number of fingers touching at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

9. The portable computing device according to claim 7 , wherein the control unit switches to one of the display to the screen displayed on the first touch display unit and to the screen displayed on the second touch display unit based on the number of fingers touching at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

10. The portable computing device according to claim 6 , wherein the control unit displays the same content on the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit in the case where a first input operation is performed on at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

11. The portable computing device according claim 6 , wherein the control unit performs two-screen display on the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit in the case where a second input operation is performed on one or more of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

12. A method, comprising:

displaying screen state information for a portable computing device in which a first chassis provided with a first touch display unit is rotatably coupled to a second chassis provided with a second touch display unit; and

indicating a power state and a content identifier of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit on both of the touch display units;

wherein the power state for each of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit indicates an on/off status of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit;

wherein the power state is represented by a symbol and wherein the content identifier corresponds to a word indicating an application type for a currently displayed application;

wherein the symbol representing the power state for the first touch display unit is different than the symbol representing the power state for the second touch display unit;

wherein the content identifier on each of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit indicates the application type for the currently displayed application on the opposite display unit.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising switching the state of at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit according to an input operation on at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

14. A computer program product, comprising:

a computer readable storage device storing code that is executable by a processor and comprises:

code that displays screen state information for a portable computing device in which a first chassis provided with a first touch display unit is rotatably coupled to a second chassis provided with a second touch display unit; and

code that indicates a power state and a content identifier of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit on both of the touch display units;

wherein the power state for each of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit indicates an on/off status of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit;

wherein the power state is represented by a symbol and wherein the content identifier corresponds to a word indicating an application type for a currently displayed application;

wherein the symbol representing the power state for the first touch display unit is different than the symbol representing the power state for the second touch display unit;

wherein the content identifier on each of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit indicates the application type for the currently displayed application on the opposite display unit.

15. The computer program product according to claim 14 , further comprising code that switches the state of at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit according to an input operation on at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the code that indicates comprises code that displays the screen state information where an angle θ of the second chassis with respect to the first chassis satisfies 180 degrees<θ≤360 degrees.

17. The computer program product according to claim 14 , wherein the screen state information includes information indicating turning on and off of the screen.

18. The computer program product according to claim 14 , wherein the screen state information includes information indicating a display content of the screen.

19. The computer program product according to claim 15 , wherein the code that switches comprises code that performs an action selected from the group consisting of turning on of the a display unit, turning off of display unit, and display unit switching.

20. The computer program product according to claim 19 , wherein the control unit selects content of a display unit to be switched based on the number of fingers touching at least one of the first touch display unit and the second touch display unit.