Mobile terminal and control method thereof

摘要

A mobile phone apparatus as one example of mobile terminals includes a processor, and the processor detects whether or not the mobile phone apparatus is in an open position in response to magnetism data from a magnetic sensor. The processor makes a backlight light up to illuminate a hardware key in a case that it is in the open position and a character input to a predetermined input region is instructed. The backlight shuts off when the character input is ended, or when the mobile phone apparatus is released from the open position during the character input.

主权项

1. A mobile terminal which takes an open state or a closed state, the mobile terminal comprising:
a first case provided with a display; a touch panel provided on said display and configured to detect a touch; a second case provided with a keypad comprising a plurality of hardware input keys, said keypad being exposed in said open state but not exposed in said closed state, wherein said first case and said second case are configured to be shifted between said closed state in which said first case covers said keypad and said open state in which said keypad is exposed; and an illuminator that illuminates each of said plurality of hardware input keys on said keypad in response to a touch detected by the touch panel, at a position that corresponds to a character input region displayed on said display, in said open state, wherein said illuminator suspends the illumination in response to said first case and said second case being shifted to said closed state, and wherein the illuminator does not illuminate each of said plurality of hardware input keys on said keypad, even when said first case and said second case are shifted to the open position, until the touch is detected at the position that corresponds to the character input region displayed on said display.