Patent ID: 8688178

Claim:
A mobile electronic apparatus comprising: a first housing including a display section; and a second housing being a counterpart of the first housing, including an operational panel, the mobile electronic apparatus further comprising: a universal hinge section for connecting the first housing and the second housing so that the connection of the first housing and the second housing can be switched among an open state, a closed state, a reversed display state in which the display section and the operational panel are reversed to be opened, and a 90-degree state in which the display section and the operational panel are in the reversed display state and turned 90 degrees; a first magnet, a second magnetic, and a third magnet disposed on the first housing; and a first magnetism detecting unit and a second magnetism detecting unit disposed on the second housing, wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are located above the display section when the first housing and the second housing are in the open stated, the first magnet and the second magnet disposed at positions on a line along a width direction and closer to both ends of the display section; the third magnet is disposed on the first housing, located below the display section when the first housing and the second housing are in the open state and disposed at a position on a line extended from the second magnet along a longitudinal direction of the first housing with respect to the second magnet; the second magnetism detecting unit is disposed symmetrically with respect to the third magnet via the universal in-between thereof to be able to detect the third magnet when the first housing and the second housing are in the closed state; and the first magnetism detecting unit is located a line extended form the first magnet along a longitudinal direction of each of the housings when the first housing and the second housing are in the open state to be able to detect the first magnet when the first housing and the second housing are in the closed state.