Mobile telephone device

Abstract

A flash memory in a memory ( 9 ) connected to a baseband chip ( 3 ) stores related information on an image/sound in a telephone mode (contrast information, screen luminance information, and sound volume information in the telephone mode), and related information on an image/sound in a television-viewing mode (contrast information, screen luminance information, and sound volume information in the television-viewing mode). In the telephone mode, a display device ( 6 ) and a speaker unit ( 7 ) are driven based on the related information on the image/sound in the telephone mode. In the television-viewing mode, the display device ( 6 ) and the speaker unit ( 7 ) are driven based on the related information on the image/sound in the television-viewing mode.

1 . A mobile telephone device provided with a video display mode displaying a video based on video data, and a telephone mode, comprising:
 a display device;   a memory for storing first display setting information in the video display mode and second display setting information in the telephone mode; and   a controller for controlling the display device based on the first display setting information during the video display mode, and for controlling the display device based on the second display setting information during the telephone mode.   
     
     
         2 . A mobile telephone device according to  claim 1 , wherein the first display setting information is information for lowering the screen luminance of the display device with passage of a first time period when the image in the telephone mode is displayed on the display device, and the second display setting information is information not for lowering the screen luminance of the display device with passage of the first time period when the video in the video display mode is displayed on the display device. 
     
     
         3 . A mobile telephone device according to  claim 1 , wherein the telephone mode is a standby mode. 
     
     
         4 . A mobile telephone device according to  claim 1 , wherein the telephone mode is a mode of creation of an electronic mail. 
     
     
         5 . A mobile telephone device according to  claim 1 , further comprising a receiver for receiving the video data.