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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2007
Kimiya Ikushima, Osaka, JP;
Kimiya Ikushima, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device according to the present invention includes an infrared ray absorbing section, which comes to have an increased temperature when irradiated with an incident infrared ray, and at least one heat sensing section, of which a physical property varies with the variation in temperature that has been caused due to the heat generated by the infrared ray absorbing section. The relative positions of the heat sensing sectionand the infrared ray absorbing sectioncan be changed so as to switch their states from a first state, in which the infrared ray absorbing sectionand the heat sensing sectionare in contact with each other, into a second state, in which the infrared ray absorbing sectionand the heat sensing sectionare out of contact with each other, and vice versa.