Electronic apparatus, and control method thereof
AssigneeFujitsu Component Limited
InventorsYoshinori Sata, Naoyuki Nagao, Mitsuru Kobayashi, Shinichi Katayama
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Abstract
An electronic apparatus including: a first device that includes a first display portion, the first display portion displaying information concerning the operation of the first device; and a second device that includes a second display portion, the second display portion displaying the information which the first display portion has displayed, depending on at least one of the second device having been attached to the first device, the first device having supplied an electric power to the second device, and the first device and the second device having communicated mutually.
Claims6
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a first device that includes a first controller and a first display portion displaying information concerning the operation of the first device;
- and
- a second device that controls the operation of the first device, includes a second controller and a second display portion displaying information concerning the operation of the first device,
- wherein the first controller starts transmitting information concerning the operation of the first device to the second device when the first controller determines that the second device is attached to the first device, the supply of electric power from the first device to the second device is started, or communication between the first device and the second device is started, and
- the second controller turns on the second display portion substituting the first display portion to display the information when the information concerning the operation of the first device is received.
A control method of an electronic apparatus including a first device comprising a first display and a second device controlling an operation of the first display, detachable from the first device and comprising a second display, the method comprising:
- determining whether the second device is attached to the first device, the supply of electric power from the first device to the second device is started, or communication between the first device and the second device is started;
- transmitting information concerning an operation of the first device to the second device based on the determination;
- and
- displaying on the second display the information concerning the operation of the first device when the second device has received the information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.