Portable communication terminal
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1. A portable communication terminal, comprising:
- a first body unit;
a second body unit;
an opening/closing mechanism used to open/close the first body unit and the second body unit relative to each other;
a hard disk drive at which data written onto a disk by using a head are stored;
a predicting device that detects opening operation/closing operation of the opening/closing mechanism and predicts occurrence of a shock attributable to at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation; and
a control device that retracts the head of the hard disk drive to a safe position so as to ensure that neither the disk nor the head becomes damaged, based upon a prediction of occurrence of shock by the predicting device.
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Abstract
Opening/closing operation is detected at a portable communication terminal that includes an opening/closing mechanism and upon predicting the occurrence of a shock resulting from at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation, the head of a hard disk drive is retracted to a safe position so as to prevent damage to the disk and the head.
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1. A portable communication terminal, comprising:
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a first body unit;
a second body unit;
an opening/closing mechanism used to open/close the first body unit and the second body unit relative to each other;
a hard disk drive at which data written onto a disk by using a head are stored;
a predicting device that detects opening operation/closing operation of the opening/closing mechanism and predicts occurrence of a shock attributable to at least one of the opening operation and the closing operation; and
a control device that retracts the head of the hard disk drive to a safe position so as to ensure that neither the disk nor the head becomes damaged, based upon a prediction of occurrence of shock by the predicting device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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