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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2013
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Akira Imamura, Hamura, JP;
Ryuhei Yokota, Tachikawa, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, an electronic apparatus includes a housing, a display on a surface of the housing, an infrared sensor in a first region of the surface of the housing, the first region facing one side of the display, an indicator in the first region and configured to emit light, a first controller, and a second controller. The first controller turns on and off the display in accordance with a detection output of the infrared sensor. The second controller is configured to blink the indicator in a first blinking pattern in which a ratio of an ON time to a blinking cycle is smaller than that of an OFF time to the blinking cycle, when an event of which a user is notified occurs.