Patent ID: 7561413

Claim:
An electronic apparatus provided with a first unit having a keyboard and a second unit having a display screen, the second unit being coupled to the first unit through a coupling section having a first axis by which the second unit is opened and closed relative to the first unit and a second axis by which the second unit is rotated relative to the first unit, the electronic apparatus comprising: a first sensor and a second sensor that are disposed on the first unit such that the first and second sensors are positioned closer to the coupling section than the keyboard and such that the first and second sensors are positioned along the first axis; and a first member and a second member that are disposed on the second unit, the first member coming near and affecting the first sensor when the electronic apparatus is in a first closed status in which the second unit is closed to lie on the first unit with the display screen facing the first unit, and the second member coming near and affecting the second sensor when the electronic apparatus is in a second closed status in which the second unit is closed to lie on the first unit with the back of the display screen facing the first unit, the first member not coming near and not affecting the first sensor when the electronic apparatus is in the second closed status.