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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 20, 2018
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoki Kawabata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Itoshiro, Saitama, JP;
Toshiaki Nishikawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Munetake Ebihara, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kei Tsukamoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroaki Yamana, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Kinokuni, Miyagi, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device includes: a housing; a sensor provided on an inner surface of the housing and configured to detect deformation of the housing; and a control unit configured to control an operation of the electronic device on the basis of a detection result of the sensor. The sensor has a first sensing unit configured to detect a prescribed user operation and a second sensing unit configured to compensate for a malfunction.