Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100164814 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a housing, a communication module in the housing and configured to execute close-proximity wireless transfer with an external device, and an antenna in the communication module and having directivity in a direction the antenna faces, the communication module being in the housing to freely pivot, and is configured to change the directivity of the antenna in the communication module by pivoting. | 07-01-2010 |
20110158436 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a speaker, a terminal, an amplifier, a power supply circuit, a setting module, a detection module, and a controller. The terminal is configured to input an audio signal from an external device. The amplifier is configured to amplify the audio signal, and to output audio from the speaker. The power supply circuit is configured to supply power to the amplifier. The setting module is configured to set data which indicates whether audio output from the speaker is to be enabled or disabled when the apparatus is in a non-operative state. The detection module is configured to detect a predetermined state of the apparatus. The controller is configured to control the power supply circuit, based on the data and the predetermined state, in order to supply the power to the amplifier when the apparatus is in the non-operative state. | 06-30-2011 |
20110285631 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF DISPLAYING A VIRTUAL KEYBOARD - According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a first touch screen, a second touch screen display, and a display module. The display module is configured to display a first virtual keyboard includes first virtual keys in order to input key codes on the first touch screen display, and to display a second virtual keyboard includes second virtual keys in order to input key codes on the second touch screen display. | 11-24-2011 |
20110285647 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first main unit having a surface thereof provided with a display panel, a second main unit having a surface thereof provided with another display panel, a hinge mechanism coupling the first and second main units, and two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to a center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second main units. | 11-24-2011 |
20110285652 | BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit rotatably coupled to each other by a hinge mechanism. The first unit is provided with two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to the center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second units. The second unit includes a power button that is superposed on one of the two operation buttons when the first and second screens are superposed on each other. One of the two operation buttons is used to display a keyboard image which permits an input operation through a touch panel. | 11-24-2011 |
20110310537 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display module, at least one function button, an operation-mode identifying module, and a function switching module. The display module displays thereon display data processed by an application running on an operating system (OS) or display data based on received broadcast waves. The function button is provided separately from a hardware keyboard on which a plurality of keys are arranged. The operation-mode identifying module identifies a mode of operation with respect to the function button. The function switching module controls switching a plurality of functions defined by the OS or an application running on the OS depending on the mode of operation identified by the operation-mode identifying module. | 12-22-2011 |
20120229686 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first main unit having a surface thereof provided with a display panel, a second main unit having a surface thereof provided with another display panel, a hinge mechanism coupling the first and second main units, and two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to a center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second main units. | 09-13-2012 |
20130343578 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a speaker, a receiver, a switch, a detector, and a controller. The receiver is configured to receive an audio signal from an external device. The switch is configured to switch between a first path by which the speaker is connected to a sound controller and a second path by which the receiver and the speaker are connected to each other without the sound controller. The sound controller is configured to operate when the electronic apparatus is in an operative state. The state detector is configured to detect a first state where the receiver receives the input of the audio signal from the external device. Lastly, the controller is configured to cause the switch to switch from the first path to the second path, when the first state is detected by the state detector in a non-operative state of the electronic apparatus. | 12-26-2013 |
20140097956 | ELECTRONIC APPARATUS AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD - According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display on a surface of the housing, an infrared sensor in a first region of the surface of the housing, the first region facing one side of the display, an indicator in the first region and configured to emit light, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller turns on and off the display in accordance with a detection output of the infrared sensor. The second controller is configured to blink the indicator in a first blinking pattern in which a ratio of an ON time to a blinking cycle is smaller than that of an OFF time to the blinking cycle, when an event of which a user is notified occurs. | 04-10-2014 |
20140304496 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a non-volatile storage, a button, a rebooting module, a memory, a control module. The rebooting module reboots the device if continuous operation time of the button exceeds a first time. Date and time information indicating date and time is stored in the memory. The date and time information becomes an initial value at a time of rebooting the device by the rebooting module. The control module stores the date and time information in the non-volatile storage if continuous operation time of the button exceeds a second time which is shorter than the first time. | 10-09-2014 |
20140347803 | BROADCAST RECEIVING DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first unit and a second unit rotatably coupled to each other by a hinge mechanism. The first unit is provided with two operation buttons arranged symmetrical with respect to the center line passing through the respective centers of the first and second units. The second unit includes a power button that is superposed on one of the two operation buttons when the first and second screens are superposed on each other. One of the two operation buttons is used to display a keyboard image which permits an input operation through a touch panel. | 11-27-2014 |