Electronic apparatus
An electronic apparatus has a first unit having a keyboard and a second unit having a display screen. The second unit is coupled to the first unit through a two-axis coupling section to be opened, closed, and rotated relative to the first unit. A first sensor and a second sensor are disposed on the first unit whereas a first member and a second member are disposed on the second unit. The first member comes near and affects the first sensor in a first closed status in which the second unit is closed to lie on the first unit with the display screen facing the first unit. The second member comes near and affects the second sensor in a second closed status in which the second unit is closed to lie on the first unit with the back of the display screen facing the first unit.
1. An electronic apparatus provided with a first unit having a keyboard and a second unit having a display screen, the second unit being coupled to the first unit through a coupling section having a first axis by which the second unit is opened and closed relative to the first unit and a second axis by which the second unit is rotated relative to the first unit, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a first sensor and a second sensor that are disposed on the first unit such that the first and second sensors are positioned closer to the coupling section than the keyboard and such that the first and second sensors are positioned along the first axis; and
a first member and a second member that are disposed on the second unit, the first member coming near and affecting the first sensor when the electronic apparatus is in a first closed status in which the second unit is closed to lie on the first unit with the display screen facing the first unit, and the second member coming near and affecting the second sensor when the electronic apparatus is in a second closed status in which the second unit is closed to lie on the first unit with the back of the display screen facing the first unit, the first member not coming near and not affecting the first sensor when the electronic apparatus is in the second closed status.
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first sensor and the second sensor are both disposed on one side of the second axis; and
the first member and the second member are disposed such that the second axis is interposed therebetween.
3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first sensor and the second sensor are both disposed closer to a surface on which the keyboard is placed in the thickness of the first unit;
the first member is disposed closer to a surface on which the display screen is placed in the thickness of the second unit; and
the second member is disposed closer to the reverse of the surface on which the display screen is placed in the thickness of the second unit.
4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first sensor and the second sensor are disposed on the same circuit substrate.
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the first sensor and the second sensor are magnetic sensors, and the first member and the second member are magnets.