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US 8,618,950 · App. 12/929,432 · Granted Dec 31, 2013

Electronic apparatus, and control method thereof

Inventors: Yoshinori Sata (Shinagawa, JP); Naoyuki Nagao (Shinagawa, JP); Mitsuru Kobayashi (Shinagawa, JP); Shinichi Katayama (Shinagawa, JP)
Assignee: Fujitsu Component Limited
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Patent No.
US 8,618,950
App. No.
12/929,432
Granted
Dec 31, 2013
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (15)

1. 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.

2. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first device communicates with another device different from the second device controlling the operation of the first device, and the first controller intercepts the communication with the another device when the first controller determines that the second device is attached to the first device, the supply of the electric power from the first device to the second device is started, or the communication between the first device and the second device is started.

3. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first device includes a switch detecting whether the second device is attached to the first device or not, and

the first controller turns off the first display portion when the switch detects that the second device is attached to the first device.

4. The electronic apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the first controller turns off the first display portion that is displaying the information when the first controller determines that the second device is attached to the first device, the supply of the electric power from the first device to the second device is started, or the communication between the first device and the second device is started.

5. 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.

6. The control method of the electronic apparatus according to claim 5 , further comprising:

turning off the first display when it is determined that the second device is attached to the first device, the supply of the electric power from the first device to the second device is started, of the communication between the first device and the second device is started.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 24, 2011
From: SATA, YOSHINORI; NAGAO, NAOYUKI; KOBAYASHI, MITSURU; KATAYAMA, SHINICHI
To: FUJITSU COMPONENT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 025719/0453 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-014790 · Jan 26, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110181435A1 · Jul 28, 2011