INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND OPERATION CONTROL METHOD
First Claim
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a first housing comprising an upper surface;
a keyboard on the upper surface;
a second housing comprising a front surface;
a display on the front surface;
a detector configured to detect whether a person is in front of a screen of the display; and
a controller configured to enable a control function for controlling a state of the display to transit from an ON state to an OFF state based on a detection result of the detector when the second housing is set at a first position where the screen of the display and the upper surface are exposed, and to disable the control function when the second housing is set at a second position where the screen of the display is exposed and at least a part of the upper surface is covered with a back surface of the second housing.
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus detects whether or not a person is in front of a screen of a display arranged on a front surface of a second housing. When the second housing is set at a first position where the screen of the display and an upper surface of a first housing are exposed, the apparatus enables a control function for controlling a state of the display to transit from an ON state to an OFF state based on the detection result. When the second housing is set at a second position where the screen of the display is exposed and at least a part of the upper surface is covered with a back surface of the second housing, the apparatus disables the control function.
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8 Claims
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1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a first housing comprising an upper surface; a keyboard on the upper surface; a second housing comprising a front surface; a display on the front surface; a detector configured to detect whether a person is in front of a screen of the display; and a controller configured to enable a control function for controlling a state of the display to transit from an ON state to an OFF state based on a detection result of the detector when the second housing is set at a first position where the screen of the display and the upper surface are exposed, and to disable the control function when the second housing is set at a second position where the screen of the display is exposed and at least a part of the upper surface is covered with a back surface of the second housing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An operation control method of an information processing apparatus, which comprises a first housing comprising an upper surface, a keyboard on the upper surface, a second housing comprising a front surface, and a display on the front surface, the method comprising:
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detecting whether a person is in front of a screen of the display; enabling a control function required to control a state of the display to transit from an ON state to an OFF state based on a detection result of the detector when the second housing is set at a first position where the screen of the display and the upper surface are exposed; and disabling the control when the second housing is set at a second position where the screen of the display is exposed and at least a part of the upper surface is covered with a back surface of the second housing.
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8. A computer-readable, non-transitory storage medium comprising a computer program configured to be executed by a computer, the computer comprising a first housing comprising an upper surface, a keyboard on the upper surface, a second housing comprising a front surface, and a display on the front surface, the computer program configured to cause the computer to execute functions of:
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detecting whether a person is in front of a screen of the display; enabling a control function required to control a state of the display to transit from an ON state to an OFF state based on a detection result of the detector when the second housing is set at a first position where the screen of the display and the upper surface are exposed; and disabling the control function when the second housing is set at a second position where the screen of the display is exposed and at least a part of the upper surface is covered with a back surface of the second housing.
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