Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic apparatus
- Patent Title (中): 电子仪器
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Application No.: US12166514Application Date: 2008-07-02
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Publication No.: US08619040B2Publication Date: 2013-12-31
- Inventor: Syuhei Yukawa , Daisuke Kurosaki , Fukukyo Sudo , Tooru Kuronuma , Akihito Shinohara
- Applicant: Syuhei Yukawa , Daisuke Kurosaki , Fukukyo Sudo , Tooru Kuronuma , Akihito Shinohara
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2007-176939 20070705; JP2007-218938 20070824
- Main IPC: G06F3/041
- IPC: G06F3/041 ; G06F3/045 ; H02B1/00

Abstract:
An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a base chassis, a screen displaying section, and operation controlling means. The display unit includes a display region. The base chassis is made of a transparent material and includes a first region that extends outward from at least one end on a circumference of the display unit, the first region provided with one of a plurality of vertically-arranged operation buttons and a plurality of horizontally-arranged operation buttons used for operating a driving circuit. The screen displaying section displays an operation screen in the display region of the display unit, the operation screen displayed in association with a position of each of the plurality of operation buttons. The operation controlling means controls an operational input to the operation screen made by using the plurality of operation buttons.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090009477A1 ELECTRONIC APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2009-01-08
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