Patent ID: 8510586

Claim:
A mobile terminal including a tamper-detection circuit, an information processor that is capable of executing a suspend function, a first battery supplying power to said information processor and said tamper-detection circuit, wherein the improvement comprises a switch provided in the power-source supply line that connects said first battery and said information processor and said switch being capable of switching between a state in which said information processor is connected to said first battery and a state in which said information processor is not connected to said first battery, wherein said tamper-detection circuit, when power is supplied to the tamper-detection circuit, maintains resistance to tampering regardless of whether or not power is supplied to said information processor, said switch is not provided in a power-source supply line that connects said first battery and said tamper-detection circuit, and said switch is a mechanical switch that allows an operator to manually switch between ON and OFF, and that allows the operator to confirm a state whether or not said suspend function is activated.