Patent ID: 8238985

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a first casing having a first end portion; a second casing having a second end portion, hinged to the first end portion; a detecting portion configured to detect a state of the first and the second casings to output an opening/closing signal, the opening/closing signal indicating whether the first and the second casings are in a closed state or in a turnover open state, the closed state in which an inner face of the first casing faces an inner face of the second casing, the turnover open state in which an outer face of the first casing faces an outer face of the second casing; a volatile storage medium configured to store a first number and a second number, the first number indicating the number of times of bringing the first and the second casings into the closed state, the second number indicating the number of times of bringing the first and the second casings into the turnover open state; a nonvolatile storage medium configured to store a third number and a fourth number; and an accumulating portion configured to control the volatile storage medium to increment the first number when the opening/closing signal indicates that the first and the second casings are in the closed state, and to increment the second number when the opening/closing signal indicates that the first and the second casings are in the turnover open state, wherein the accumulating portion controls the nonvolatile storage medium to update the third number and the fourth number by the first number and the second number respectively, when the first number is dividable by a first predetermined number or when the second number is dividable by a second predetermined number.