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Small information processing apparatus

US6297795A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 30, 1998
Grant dateOct 2, 2001
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Expiry dateJan 30, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG09G2340/0492
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An information processing apparatus having a relatively small display screen, and in particular to a small information processing apparatus of a type adapted to be held in the hand of a user and that can switch the mode for displaying data on a display screen between a portrait mode and a landscape mode. More specifically, the present invention retains to a small information processing apparatus that provides appropriate scroll functions for both display modes, i.e., the portrait mode and the landscape mode, using a hand manipulable input device.

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