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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2007
Kimiya Ikushima, Osaka, JP;
Asako Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Kimiya Ikushima, Osaka, JP;
Asako Baba, Tokyo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Kadoma, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device according to the present invention includes: at least one heat sensing section (), which includes a first contact portion () and of which a physical property varies responsive to an incoming infrared ray; a detector circuit section, which includes a second contact portion () and which senses the variation in the physical property of the heat sensing section (); and a driving section (), which is able to change a first state, in which the first and second contact portions () are in contact with each other and electrically connected to each other, into a second state, in which the first and second contact portions () are out of contact with each other and electrically disconnected from each other, and vice versa.