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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2010
Junichi Tadano, Nagano, JP;
Junichi Tadano, Nagano, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
[Object] To provide an information processing apparatus including a small slide switch unit enabling direct slide movement to a desired position, and capable of easily and surely switching a plurality of modes with the switch unit. [Solving Means] The information processing apparatus includes a switch unit () and a control section. The switch unit () includes a movable portion (), a cover (), a guide portion (), and a switch module (). The cover () and the guide portion () support the movable portion () so as to be directly movable between two positions of all the combinations of three or more positions. The switch module () detects that the movable portion () has moved to each of the positions. The control section controls based on a detecting result by the switch module ().