Patent ID: 8219734

Claim:
An electronic apparatus, comprising: a main body including a first contact-type connection terminal; a panel unit removable from the main body, the panel unit including a second contact-type connection terminal that electrically connects to the first contact-type connection terminal, and receiving means for receiving an operation; and an attachment unit in the panel unit and configured to indirectly attach a removable memory device to the main body through the panel unit, the main body including control means for logically disconnecting a data line logically connecting the removable memory device to the main body through the attachment unit, upon the operation on the means for receiving and before a power line electrically connecting the removable memory device to the main body through the attachment unit is physically disconnected, wherein the control means determines whether the receiving means has received the operation, if the control means determines that the receiving means has not received the operation, the control means determines whether the panel unit has been at least one of (a) brought into an open condition and (b) removed from the main body, by determining whether a data exchange with the removable memory device is allowed, and, if the control means determines that the panel unit has been the at least one of (a) brought into the open condition and (b) removed from the main body, the control means produces a warning.