Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a database configured to store position data indicating a current position of at least one search target person, the position data being received from a communication apparatus of the at least one search target person, an information providing unit configured to provide the position data of the at least one search target person to a terminal apparatus of a searcher in response to an information request from the terminal apparatus of the searcher, and a communication mediation unit configured to receive, from the terminal apparatus, a communication request for requesting communication with a search target person who is selected by the searcher based on the provided position data, and to transmit a communication message to a communication apparatus of the selected search target person.

Abstract: There is provided an information processing apparatus including a database configured to store position data indicating a current position of at least one search target person, the position data being received from a communication apparatus of the at least one search target person, an information providing unit configured to provide the position data of the at least one search target person to a terminal apparatus of a searcher in response to an information request from the terminal apparatus of the searcher, and a communication mediation unit configured to receive, from the terminal apparatus, a communication request for requesting communication with a search target person who is selected by the searcher based on the provided position data, and to transmit a communication message to a communication apparatus of the selected search target person.

Abstract: A battery and an electronic apparatus are disclosed by which it can be discriminated with a simple configuration whether or not the battery is of a thin type. The battery is configured such that a wall portion for discrimination of a battery characteristic which is swollen in a lengthwise direction and connects to a connector section is formed at a location of one of end faces positioned rather near to an end portion in a widthwise direction of a case of the battery.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a case body having a battery storing portion formed of a concave portion whose shape is approximately corresponding to an external shape of a battery unit and a sliding member slidably supported on a surface of the case body on the opposite side to the battery storing portion. The battery storing portion has a width corresponding to that of the battery unit, a length corresponding to a length of the battery unit, and a body-side connection terminal connected to a connection terminal of the battery unit. The sliding member includes one or more engagement claws penetrating through the case body, projecting to the inside of the battery storing portion, capable of being engaged with engagement convex portions provided in the battery unit, and a biasing member causing the claws to be biased away from the body-side connection terminal and engaged with the engagement convex portions.

Abstract: A camera apparatus comprising a disc compartment portion in which a DVD-R is accommodated so as to be loaded and unloaded, a disc rotating apparatus provided within the disc compartment portion and rotating the DVD-R which can be detachably loaded thereon, a lens apparatus for passing light from an object, a CCD for forming an image from light passed through the lens apparatus and outputting an image signal corresponding to the image, an optical pickup apparatus capable of recording image information on the DVD-R based on the image signal outputted from the CCD and a radiation plate provided within the disc compartment portion. The radiation plate and the CCD are constructed so as to transmit heat therebetween so that heat can be radiated from the CCD through the radiation plate to the disc compartment portion.

Abstract: A waterproof type electronic device is composed of a disc lid 13 capable of opening and closing an opening portion (17) of a camera apparatus body (2), a buckle (12) capable of detachably fastening the disc lid (13) to the camera apparatus body (2) and a sealing member (24) provided on at least one of the buckle (12) and the camera apparatus body (2) to hermetically seal the buckle 12 and the camera apparatus body (2). When the disc lid (13) is fastened to the camera apparatus body (2) by the buckle (12), the camera apparatus body (2) is hermetically sealed at least at its part of the portion covered with the buckle (12). In this kind of related-art waterproof type electronic device, operation buttons are not formed so as to have waterproof structures and water and water component can therefore enter this waterproof type electronic device relatively easily.

Abstract: A battery and an electronic apparatus are disclosed by which it can be discriminated with a simple configuration whether or not the battery is of a thin type. The battery is configured such that a wall portion for discrimination of a battery characteristic which is swollen in a lengthwise direction and connects to a connector section is formed at a location of one of end faces positioned rather near to an end portion in a widthwise direction of a case of the battery.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an outer housing; an imaging-block arranging section in the outer housing, the imaging-block arranging section including an imaging block having predetermined lenses and an imaging device; a media housing section in the outer housing, the media housing section being configured to house a recording medium for recording a photographed image. In the imaging apparatus, a partition wall partitions the imaging-block arranging section from the media housing section.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a camera housing; an imaging block having predetermined lenses and an imaging device arranged in the camera housing; a housing cover slidably supported on an outer surface of the camera housing; and a media housing section formed on an outer surface side of the camera housing. The media housing section is configured to house a recording medium for recording a photographed image according to a slide of the housing cover in one direction with respect to the camera housing.

Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes: a case body having a battery storing portion formed of a concave portion whose shape is approximately corresponding to an external shape of a battery unit and a sliding member slidably supported on a surface of the case body on the opposite side to the battery storing portion. The battery storing portion has a width corresponding to that of the battery unit, a length corresponding to a length of the battery unit, and a body-side connection terminal connected to a connection terminal of the battery unit. The sliding member includes one or more engagement claws penetrating through the case body, projecting to the inside of the battery storing portion, capable of being engaged with engagement convex portions provided in the battery unit, and a biasing member causing the claws to be biased away from the body-side connection terminal and engaged with the engagement convex portions.

Abstract: A waterproof type electronic device is composed of a disc lid 13 capable of opening and closing an opening portion (17) of a camera apparatus body (2), a buckle (12) capable of detachably fastening the disc lid (13) to the camera apparatus body (2) and a sealing member (24) provided on at least one of the buckle (12) and the camera apparatus body (2) to hermetically seal the buckle 12 and the camera apparatus body (2). When the disc lid (13) is fastened to the camera apparatus body (2) by the buckle (12), the camera apparatus body (2) is hermetically sealed at least at its part of the portion covered with the buckle (12). In this kind of related-art waterproof type electronic device, operation buttons are not formed so as to have waterproof structures and water and water component can therefore enter this waterproof type electronic device relatively easily.

Abstract: In this kind of related-art camera apparatus, since a lens apparatus is located on substantially the same axis of a disc drive apparatus or it is located distant from the disc drive apparatus with a large distance in the lateral direction, the whole of the camera apparatus is large in size and therefore it is not possible to make the whole of the camera apparatus compact in size.

Abstract: When electronic equipment incorporating recording and reproducing drive unit such as an HDD unit is mounted on a cradle, the electronic equipment cannot be detached from the cradle while the HDD unit is during the operation, so that a crash of the HDD unit can be prevented. In the state where a portable electronic equipment 1 incorporating an HDD unit 19 is mounted on a cradle 2, it is electrically detected that the HDD unit 19 is in driving operation and by locking the cradle 2 and the electronic equipment 1 through engaging unit 26, electronic equipment 1 is prevented from being removed from the cradle 2.

Abstract: Electronic equipment and a method for extracting a battery from the electronic equipment, in which when the electronic equipment is to be disposed of, the battery can be easily pulled out of an opening having a small area. A battery is set through a strip-shaped elastic connecting member made of a flexible printed circuit between the battery and the main board; the battery is joined and placed with a lid that closes an opening; and when the battery is to be disposed of, the lid is opened, the battery is pulled out of casing, and the strip-shaped elastic connecting member is tugged so as to be cut, so that the main board and the battery are separated.

Abstract: A card connector 1 comprising a card member 3 having card-side terminals 9 on the leading edge thereof, a card holding member 5 which has mother-apparatus-side terminals on the leading edge thereof and which the card member 3 can be inserted in and extracted from, and a slider 7 which slides inside the card holding member 5 along with the insertion and extraction of the card member 3. An oscillating member 27 which can oscillate freely is provided in the slider 7, an engaging protrusion 29 which engages with the engaging indention on the card member 3 is formed in the mid section of the oscillating member 27, and a cam protrusion 31 is provided at the tip of the oscillating member 27. A cam groove 19 is provided on the inside side wall of the card holding member 5 in opposition to the tip of the cam protrusion 31.