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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 10, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2008
Takuma Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Ryuichiro Noto, Chiba, JP;
Taichi Yoshio, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuma Higo, Tokyo, JP;
Takaharu Fujii, Saitama, JP;
Ryuichiro Noto, Chiba, JP;
Taichi Yoshio, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes a main body and a panel unit removable from the main body. The electronic apparatus also includes an attachment unit in the panel unit that indirectly attaches a removable memory device to the main body through the panel unit. The main body includes a control unit that logically disconnects a data line logically connecting the removable memory device to the main body through the attachment unit, upon an operation before a power line electrically connecting the removable memory device to the main body through the attachment unit is physically disconnected.