Electronic apparatus and method of controlling operation of the same
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorAkihiro Ozeki
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a body, a fuel cell capable of generating power by chemical reaction and supplying the power to the body, a sensor to sense a tilt of the fuel cell, and a notifying portion to notify a user of information of the tilt sensed by the sensor.
Claims5
An information processing apparatus which is configured to connect to a fuel cell unit including a fuel cell configured to generate power by chemical reaction and a sensor configured to sense a tilt of the fuel cell, and which is configured to be driven with power supplied from the fuel cell, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a controller to receive information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell sensed by the sensor;
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- a processing unit to notify a user of information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell received by the controller,
- wherein the processing unit displays the information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell and the processing unit displays information indicative of a direction of the tilt of the fuel cell.
An information processing apparatus which is configured to connect to a fuel cell unit including a fuel cell configured to generate power by chemical reaction and a sensor configured to sense a tilt of the fuel cell, and which is configured to be driven with power supplied from the fuel cell, the information processing apparatus comprising:
- a controller to receive information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell sensed by the sensor;
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- a processing unit to notify a user of information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell received by the controller,
- wherein the processing unit gives a warning to a user when a value of the tilt is larger than a first threshold value and the processing unit stops an operation of the cell unit, when a value of the tilt is larger than a second threshold value different from the first threshold value, or when a value of the tilt is not smaller than the first threshold value after the warning is given.
A method of controlling an operation of an information processing apparatus which is structured to be connected to a fuel cell unit including a fuel cell configured to generate power by chemical reaction and a sensor configured to sense a tilt of the fuel cell, and which is configured to be driven with power supplied from the fuel cell, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the information processing apparatus, information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell sensed by the sensor;
- notifying a user of the information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell received by the information processing apparatus;
- displaying the information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell on a screen of the information processing apparatus;
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- displaying information indicative of a direction of the tilt of the fuel cell on the screen of the information processing apparatus.
A method of controlling an operation of an information processing apparatus which is structured to be connected to a fuel cell unit including a fuel cell configured to generate power by chemical reaction and a sensor configured to sense a tilt of the fuel cell, and which is configured to be driven with power supplied from the fuel cell, the method comprising:
- receiving, by the information processing apparatus, information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell sensed by the sensor;
- notifying a user of the information indicative of the tilt of the fuel cell received by the information processing apparatus, wherein the notifying includes giving a warning to a user when a value of the tilt is larger than a first threshold value;
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- stopping an operation of the fuel cell, when a value of the tilt is larger than a second threshold value, or when a value of the tilt is not smaller than the first threshold value after the warning is given.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.