Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9417405-B2
Application number	US-201414337512-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 22, 2014
Priority date	Aug 6, 2013
Publication date	Aug 16, 2016
Grant date	Aug 16, 2016

Abstract

There is provided an electronic device including a vibration portion which generates vibration, an optical connector to which an optical cable is connected, and a substrate on which the vibration portion and the optical connector are mounted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a vibration portion configured to generate vibration;
an optical connector configured to be connected to an optical cable;
a substrate on which the vibration portion and the optical connector are mounted; and
a vibration control portion configured to vibrate the vibration portion based on a communication state, through the optical cable connected to the optical connector, determined using an error rate of communication.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an electronic component is not mounted on the substrate between the vibration portion and the optical connector.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , comprising:
a fixing portion configured to fix the substrate to a case,
wherein the vibration portion and the optical connector are disposed in a region separated from the fixing portion by a notch formed in the substrate.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a hole configured to penetrate the substrate is provided in a region between the vibration portion and the optical connector.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a vibration transmission member configured to contact the vibration portion and the optical connector and transmit the vibration of the vibration portion to the optical connector.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration portion contains a vibrator configured to notify of an incoming call.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration portion contains a speaker configured to generate a sound.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a connection judging portion configured to determine that the optical cable is connected; and
a vibration control portion configured to vibrate the vibration portion in an event the optical cable is connected.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
an operation input acquisition portion configured to acquire an operation input by a user; and
a vibration control portion configured to vibrate the vibration portion based on the operation input by the user.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a communication state judging portion configured to determine the communication state through the optical cable connected to the optical connector.

11. The electronic device according to claim 10 , further comprising:
a display control portion configured to perform control for a display of evoking physical cleaning of the optical connector in an event it is determined by the communication state judging portion that the communication state is not good by a predetermined number of times or more.

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Suzuki Kazuyoshi

Classifications

• G02B6/3895

  identification of connection, e.g. right plug to the right socket or full engagement of the mating parts (keying element on the plug or adapter G02B6/3831; keying element on the ferrule G02B6/3851; keying element for electrical connection H01R13/64) · CPC title

• G02B6/3866 Primary

  Devices, tools or methods for cleaning connectors (cleaning in general B08B) · CPC title