US 2010/0248796 A1Published application

Electronic apparatus

AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba

InventorsHisashi Higashigawa, Akira Watanabe

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Abstract

An electronic apparatus includes: a first casing; a second casing; a coupling mechanism for coupling the first and second casings while allowing the first and second casings to slide and rotate with each other in a state where the first and second casings being overlapped with each other, the coupling mechanism retaining the first and second casings to be in one of: a first posture in which the first and second casings are being overlapped; a second posture in which the first and second casings are being slidably moved; and a third posture in which the first and second casing are being rotated; a magnet provided in one of the first casing and the second casing; a first magnetic sensor and a second magnetic sensor which are provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing, the sensors outputting detection signals generated by a magnetic force of the magnet.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first casing;
a second casing;
a coupling mechanism configured to couple the first casing and the second casing while allowing the first casing and the second casing to slide and rotate with respect to each other in a state where the first casing and the second casing being overlapped with each other, the coupling mechanism retaining the first casing and the second casing to be in one of:
a first posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being overlapped;
a second posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being slidably moved;
and a third posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being rotated;
a magnet provided in one of the first casing and the second casing;
a first magnetic sensor provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing at a position opposing the magnet in the first posture for outputting a first detection signal when a magnetic force is applied by the magnet;
and
a second magnetic sensor provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing at a position opposing the magnet in the third posture for outputting a second detection signal when the magnetic force is applied by the magnet.

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An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first casing;
a second casing;
and
a coupling mechanism configured to couple the first casing and the second casing while allowing the first casing and the second casing to slide and rotate with respect to each other in a state where the first casing and the second casing being overlapped with each other, the coupling mechanism retaining the first casing and the second casing to be in one of:
a first posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being overlapped;
a second posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being slidably moved;
and a third posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being rotated;
a magnet provided in one of the first casing and the second casing;
a first magnetic sensor provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing at a position opposing the magnet in the first posture for outputting a first detection signal when a magnetic force is applied by the magnet;
and
a second magnetic sensor provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing at a position opposing the magnet in the second posture for outputting a second detection signal when the magnetic force is applied by the magnet.

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An electronic apparatus comprising:

a first casing;
a second casing;
and
a coupling mechanism configured to couple the first casing and the second casing while allowing the first casing and the second casing to slide and rotate with respect to each other in a state where the first casing and the second casing being overlapped with each other, the coupling mechanism retaining the first casing and the second casing to be in one of:
a first posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being overlapped;
a second posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being slidably moved to a first position;
and a third posture in which the first casing and the second casing are being slidably moved to a second position;
a magnet provided in one of the first casing and the second casing;
a first magnetic sensor provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing at a position opposing the magnet in the first posture for outputting a first detection signal when a magnetic force is applied by the magnet;
and
a second magnetic sensor provided in the other of the first casing and the second casing at a position opposing the magnet in the second posture for outputting a second detection signal when the magnetic force is applied by the magnet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.