Built-in electronic apparatus and device-detaching method therefor
First Claim
1. A built-in electronic apparatus which has a first electronic device and a second electronic device different from said first electronic device, said first electronic device being attachable to and detachable from said second electronic device, said apparatus comprising:
- instruction means for instructing detachment of said first electronic device from said second electronic device;
password-input instruction means for instructing input of a password, in response to a detachment instruction issued by said instruction means;
judgment means for judging whether or not the password, inputted in response to an instruction by said password-input instruction means, is appropriate;
lock means for physically locking the connection between said first and second electronic devices;
lock releasing means for releasing a lock status where said first and second electronic devices are physically locked by said lock means, if said judgment means judges that the password is appropriate.
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Abstract
A built-in electronic apparatus used where a notebook personal computer is inserted into a docking station main body. If detachment of the notebook PC from the main body is instructed while the notebook PC is attached to the main body, in response to the detachment instruction, password-input is instructed. If the input password coincides with a prestored password, the application program currently executed is terminated, and the docking station main body is separated from the notebook PC at the software stage. Thereafter, key-lock that physically connects the notebook PC and the main body is released. Thus, the notebook PC becomes detachable from the docking station main body.
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1. A built-in electronic apparatus which has a first electronic device and a second electronic device different from said first electronic device, said first electronic device being attachable to and detachable from said second electronic device, said apparatus comprising:
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instruction means for instructing detachment of said first electronic device from said second electronic device; password-input instruction means for instructing input of a password, in response to a detachment instruction issued by said instruction means; judgment means for judging whether or not the password, inputted in response to an instruction by said password-input instruction means, is appropriate; lock means for physically locking the connection between said first and second electronic devices; lock releasing means for releasing a lock status where said first and second electronic devices are physically locked by said lock means, if said judgment means judges that the password is appropriate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device detachment method for a built-in electronic apparatus which has a first electronic device and a second electronic device different from the first electronic device, the first electronic device being attachable to and detachable from the second electronic device, said method comprising:
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an instruction step of instructing detachment of the first electronic device from the second electronic device, in a lock status where the first and second electronic devices are physically locked by a locking member; a judgment step of instructing input of a password, in response to a detachment instruction issued in said instruction step, and judging whether or not the password, inputted in response to the detachment instruction in said password-input instruction step, is appropriate; and a releasing step of releasing the lock status, if it is judged in said judgment step that the password is appropriate. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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