Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Nissho Corporation

Nipro Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Takeshi Mori

Akira Iwamoto

Kenichi Shindo

Hitoshi Nakatani

Hideki Ueda

Katsuhiro Hiejima

Keisuke Kuroda

Yusuke Katsuyama

Takeshi Okada

Hitoshi Yoshida

Nobuyuki Ibara

Shun Shimazaki

Yuji Suzuki

Hirofumi Sasaki

Katsuhiro Kitade

Masato Murakata

Katsumi Kakimoto

Tetsuya Urimoto

Kazuo Goda

Masatoshi Nomura

Yuichiro Tachibana

Reiji Matsumura

Jun Sato

Ryusuke Teramoto

Ryo Yonezawa

Toshiya Senoh

Futoshi Kuriyama

Satoshi Tsunemi

Takahiro Tabata

Shinichi Kishimoto

Takumi Taura

Hitoshi Yosida

Ryota Morikawa

Masatosi Nomura

Katumi Kakimoto

Shuji Yasuoka

Hiroshi Nakatsuka

Hirofumi Takemasa

Isao Shimada

Yoshiaki Nagamura

Hideki Harada

Hiroaki Nishimura

Jun Ogihara

Isao Hattori

Toshio Yamazaki

Noriyuki Maki

Yoshiyuki Harato

Masashi Toyota

Masako Yamaguchi

Takanori Aoyagi

Hirotsugu Suzuki

Hideo Nishimatsu

Yuki Maegawa

Takuya Kajiwara

Go Osaki

Takahiro Shinohara

Rie Okamoto

Katsutoshi Yuasa

Yoshiyuki Shiwaku

Yoshihiro Fukukawa

Takaaki Asamoto

Manabu Kimura

Kazuhiko Nishiyama

Mitsuaki Karumai

Masayuki Nakayama

An electronic device includes a housing including an attachment surface, an electronic component detachably attached to the attachment surface, and a lever attached to the housing in a state of being rotatable about a rotation axis adjacent to the electronic component and extending along the attachment surface. The lever has a lever body facing the electronic component in a direction where the rotation axis extends and extending along a radial direction orthogonal to the rotation axis. The lever body includes a recess recessed in a direction approaching the rotation axis of the lever along the radial direction. The electronic component includes a protrusion facing the recess, protruding in a direction toward the lever body, and being housed in the recess. By rotating the lever in a direction away from the attachment surface, the protrusion moves in a direction away from the rotation axis in the recess.

Electronic device with lever attachable electronic component

An electronic device includes a first connector that is provided in a first unit, a socket that is provided in a second unit, the first unit being attached and detached to the socket, a lock mechanism that fixes the first unit to the socket, a second connector that comes into contact with the first connector to be electrically connected, a connector holder that holds the second connector, a connector holder shift mechanism that shifts the connector holder, and a link mechanism that links the lock mechanism and the connector holder shift mechanism, the second connector coming into contact with the first connector after the fixing of the first unit to the socket is completed, and the second connector being separated from the first connector before the fixing of the first unit to the socket is released.

Electronic device

The electronic device includes a first unit, a second unit, and a latch mechanism part. A latch mechanism part includes a latch member, a housing recess, an urging member, and a first groove portion. The latch member includes a shaft portion extending and urged in a direction intersecting a second side surface, a connection part extending from the shaft portion, and a protrusion provided on the connection part. The latch member is rotatably attached to the second unit. The first groove portion is provided on a first side surface and houses the protrusion of the latch member located at the restriction position. The protrusion includes a first inclined surface inclined in a direction approaching the first side surface with increasing distance from the second unit in the rotation direction of the latch member.

A sensor system includes a sensor element, a signal processing circuit, and a pseudo-signal correction circuit. The sensor element outputs an electric signal corresponding to an external force. The signal processing circuit converts the electric signal coming from the sensor element into a signal having a certain signal format and then outputs the signal thus converted. The pseudo-signal correction circuit corrects a pseudo-signal outputted by the sensor element. When receiving a test signal, the sensor element performs a self-diagnosis based on the test signal and then outputs the pseudo-signal, which represents a result of the self-diagnosis. The pseudo-signal correction circuit corrects the pseudo-signal based on environment information about an environment where at least one of the sensor element or the signal processing circuit is located.

Sensor system, sensing method, and program

A blocking mechanism of a privacy protection shutter for a camera is provided on an outer edge portion of a display of an electronic device. The privacy protection shutter includes a rotation pivot with which the privacy protection shutter is rotatable; a blocking portion that covers a lens of the camera to disable the camera to image at a block position; and an operation portion configured to cause the privacy protection shutter to rotate with the rotation pivot so as to move the blocking portion between the block position and an open position at which the lens is not covered by the blocking portion.

Blocking mechanism of privacy protection shutter for camera of electronic device

Portable computer connection terminal with keyboard

An electronic device includes a first unit having an input part and a second unit having a display. The first unit and the second unit are detachably coupled, and the first unit includes a socket capable of housing a predetermined side of the second unit. A first insertion hole, into which a security member can be inserted, is provided on a side of the socket, and a second insertion hole, into which the security member can be inserted, is provided on a side of the second unit. The first insertion hole of the socket is provided on an upper part of the socket, and the second insertion hole of the second unit is provided on a lower part of the second unit.

Electronic apparatus

An external locking device is mounted on a holder. An operation member of the holder is moved between a first position where the operation member is substantially flush with an exterior of the holder and a second position where the operation member protrudes from the exterior. A first electronic device is detached from the holder when the operation member moved to the second position. The external locking device includes a locking member, a shaft member that rotates to a locking position during locking of the locking member and rotates to an unlocking position during unlocking of the locking member, and a moving member. When the shaft member is located at the locking position, the moving member moves to a space where the operation member is to be located at the second position. When the shaft member is located at the unlocking position, the moving member retreats from the space.

External locking device

An electronic device includes a first unit having an input part and a second unit having a display. The first unit and the second unit are detachably coupled. The first unit includes a socket capable of housing a predetermined side of the second unit. Locked holes, into which a lock projection of a lock member can be inserted, are provided on one of right and left sides of the socket and the second unit. An interlocking lock mechanism is provided on another of the right and left sides of the socket and the second unit. The interlocking lock mechanism locks the second unit to the socket when the lock projection of the lock member is inserted into the locked holes.

A sensor includes a detection element that outputs a detection signal corresponding to a physical quantity, a detection circuit that outputs a physical quantity signal corresponding to the physical quantity, first to third diagnosis circuits. The first diagnosis circuit is configured to receive a signal input to the detection circuit and a signal output from the detection circuit, to output an error signal in a case where the detection circuit is abnormal. The second diagnosis circuit is configured to input a diagnosis signal to the first diagnosis circuit. The second diagnosis circuit is configured to input, to the first diagnosis circuit, another of the signal input to the detection circuit and the signal output from the detection circuit. The third diagnosis circuit monitors whether or not the diagnosis signal is input from the second diagnosis circuit to the first diagnosis circuit.

Electronic reliability enhancement of a physical quantity sensor

A sensor is provided including: an element outputting detection signals according to magnitude of physical quantity; a drive circuit outputting a driving signal to the element and receiving a monitor signal from the element; a detection circuit that includes amplifiers amplifying the detection signals and a first synchronous demodulation circuit performing synchronous demodulation on a signal from the amplifier, receives the detection signals, and outputs a physical quantity signal according to the physical quantity; a processing circuit processing a signal from the first synchronous demodulation circuit; a first diagnostic circuit that receives a signal into the processing circuit and a signal from the processing circuit, and outputs a first error signal when abnormalities occur in the processing circuit; and a second diagnostic circuit that outputs a diagnostic signal to the first diagnostic circuit, instead of the signal into the processing circuit or instead of the signal from the processing circuit.

Sensor and method for diagnosing sensor

An electronic device in a first aspect includes: a housing comprising metal that houses an electronic component; a cover comprising resin that covers at least a part of a principal surface of the housing from an outside; and a screw screwed into the housing via a through-hole provided at the cover and, the screw having a head that protrudes to the outside from the cover. A larger-diameter part having a diameter larger than a diameter of a screw part is provided on a head side of the screw. A larger-diameter step-down part that fits the larger-diameter part is provided on the principal surface of the housing.

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Takeshi Mori