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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 19, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2011
Applicant:
Takashi Kinouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Takashi Kinouchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 3/30 (2006.01); G11B 19/04 (2006.01); G11B 19/20 (2006.01); G11B 21/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 19/04 (2013.01); G11B 19/20 (2013.01); G11B 21/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electronic apparatus includes: a recording unit configured to access a recording medium using a head; an acceleration sensor that detects acceleration generated in the electronic apparatus; and a control unit configured to write, in the recording medium or a predetermined memory, detection data indicating a result of the detection by the acceleration sensor or a state of the electronic apparatus detected on the basis of the detection result and retracting, when the detection result satisfies a drop condition for the electronic apparatus defined in advance, the head of the recording unit to a predetermined retraction position.