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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 17, 2005
Tsutomu Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kajihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Shimada, Tokyo, JP;
Hideaki Kajihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, , JP;
Abstract
There is provided an electronic apparatus that can solve the problem with the prior art that a removable electronic device is removed while the removable electronic device is in operation, leading to unfavorable results. A disk unit is removably attached to the main body of the electronic apparatus and receives at least one removable hard disk as a removable electronic device removably attached thereto. A locking mechanism locks together the disk unit and the main body. A CPU controls the locking mechanism to inhibit the disk unit and the main body from being locked together while the removable hard disk is in operation.