Electronic apparatus and disk protection method
View Patent ↗An electronic apparatus includes a body, a triaxial acceleration sensor which is built in the body and includes a long axis and a short axis, a disk device built in the body, a calculation unit that calculates a value on a basis of an acceleration value which is detected by the triaxial acceleration sensor and is output in a direction perpendicular to the long axis and to the short axis, a setting unit that sets a threshold in a state of the body in which a plane formed by the long axis and the short axis is approximately parallel to a direction of action of gravitational acceleration, and a controller that starts protection of the disk device on a basis of a result of comparison between the value calculated by the calculation unit and the threshold.
1. An electronic apparatus configured to have power supplied to it by an AC adaptor or a battery, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a body;
an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration applied on the body;
a disk device built in the body and configured to store data;
a controller configured to:
evaluate the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor based on a given sensitivity level; and
execute a protection function to protect the disk device in accordance with the evaluated acceleration; and
a setting module configured to:
set the given sensitivity level correspondingly with a state of use of the electronic apparatus; and
activate a setting to temporarily increase the given sensitivity level when the AC adaptor is disconnected from the electronic apparatus.
2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting module sets the sensitivity level to:
a first level when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the AC adaptor; and
a second level when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the battery.
3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the second level is higher than the first level.
4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a display unit attached to the body; and
a state sensor configured to determine whether an operation mode of the electronic apparatus is a tablet mode,
wherein the sensitivity level is changed based on a detected result of the state sensor.
5. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connection portion formed in the body to be connected with a docker,
wherein the sensitivity level is changed when the connection portion is connected to the docker.
6. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the electronic apparatus is operable in a music reproducing mode, and
wherein the sensitivity level is decreased when the electronic apparatus is set to the music reproducing mode.
7. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting module sets the sensitivity level to:
a first level as a default setting for when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the AC adaptor; and
a second level as a default setting for when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the battery,
wherein the second level is higher than the first level.
8. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the setting module includes an interface to enable the user to:
set the sensitivity level; and
activate an event-based setting.
9. An electronic apparatus configured to have power supplied to it by an AC adaptor or a battery, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a body;
an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration applied on the body;
a disk device built in the body and configured to store data;
a controller configured to execute a protection function that protects the disk device when the detected acceleration exceeds a given threshold value; and
a setting module configured to:
set the given threshold value correspondingly with a state of use of the electronic apparatus; and
activate a setting to temporarily decrease the given threshold value when the AC adaptor is disconnected from the electronic apparatus.
10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the setting module sets the threshold value to:
a first value when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the AC adaptor; and
a second value when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the battery.
11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the second value is lower than the first value.
12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a display unit attached to the body; and
a state sensor configured to determine whether an operation mode of the electronic apparatus is a tablet mode, and
wherein the threshold value is changed based on a detected result of the state sensor.
13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a connection portion formed in the body to be connected with a docker,
wherein the threshold value is changed when the connection portion is connected to the docker.
14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein the electronic apparatus is operable in a music reproducing mode, and the threshold value is increased when the electronic apparatus is set to the music reproducing mode.
15. An electronic apparatus configured to have power supplied to it by an AC adaptor or a battery, the electronic apparatus comprising:
a body;
a display unit, rotationally attached to the body, to enable the display unit to rotate between an open position and a close position relative to the body;
an acceleration sensor configured to detect an acceleration applied on the body;
a disk device built in the body and configured to store data;
a controller configured to execute a protection function that protects the disk device when the acceleration applied to the body is detected based on a given sensitivity level; and
a setting module configured to:
set the given sensitivity level based on a state of use of the electronic apparatus; and
temporarily increase the given sensitivity level when the AC adaptor is disconnected from the electronic apparatus.
16. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the setting module sets the sensitivity level to:
a first level as a default setting for when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the AC adaptor; and
a second level as a default setting for when the power supplied to the electronic apparatus is by the battery,
wherein the second level is higher than the first level.
17. The electronic apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the setting module includes an interface to enable the user to:
set the sensitivity level; and
activate an event-based setting.