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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2006
Osamu Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Funada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiro Niitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Osamu Ueno, Kanagawa, JP;
Masao Funada, Kanagawa, JP;
Tsutomu Hamada, Kanagawa, JP;
Junji Okada, Kanagawa, JP;
Takehiro Niitsu, Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes: a first frame and a second frame that are relatively movable; a frame boundary portion that is provided between the first frame and the second frame; a light emitting portion that is provided on the first frame and transmits an optical signal; a light receiving portion that is provided on the second frame and receives the optical signal; and an optical transmission medium that transmits the optical signal between the frame boundary portion and at least one of the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion, wherein an optical transmission between the light emitting portion and the light receiving portion via the optical transmission medium is effected at the frame boundary portion by a spatial optical transmission.