Inventec Corp.

Pegatron Corporation

Chang-Hsien Wu

Chien-Sheng Lo

Chia-Liang Chiang

An electronic apparatus has a slot for accommodating a stylus. The electronic apparatus includes a locking module, an input interface and a control circuit. The locking module is disposed adjacent to the slot. The locking module is configured to have a locked mode and an unlocked mode. Under the locked mode, the locking module is configured to lock the stylus in the slot. The input interface is configured to obtain authentication information. The control circuit is configured to verify the authentication information obtained by the input interface. When the authentication information is verified, the control circuit switches the locking module from the locked mode into the unlocked mode.

Electronic apparatus and control method

The present invention is to provide a handheld electronic device having a replaceable glass cover for an LCD thereof. The electronic device includes a phone body including an LCD disposed beneath a top of a front surface thereof, a slot formed on a top edge of the front surface thereof and extended downward in front of the LCD to terminate at a position about flush with bottom of the LCD, and a glass cover adapted to slide from top of the slot to its bottom for covering the LCD. In addition, a toggle switching assembly is provided at one bottom corner of the slot and has two resilient members capable of driving the toggle switching assembly to either retract the glass cover fully into the slot or eject the same a predetermined distance partially from the slot.

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Taipei, Taiwan

Chang-Hsien Wu