Information processing apparatus
OwnerYujin Tsukada, Takeshi Hoshinoinventors
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus having a pointing device and a keyboard capable of quick pointing operation, in which no extra burden is imposed on the fingertip of the operator even after a protracted use. A second housing including a display unit and a first housing including a keyboard are foldable with each other through a connecting portion. A touch area having a beam sensor is arranged on the keyboard. The width of the touch area and the keyboard area is substantially equal to that of the display area of the display unit.
Claims10
An information processing apparatus comprising a storage unit, a processing unit, a display unit, and a keyboard including a plurality of keys;
- wherein said keyboard has mounted thereon a beam sensor including a touch area formed by an invisible beam on said keyboard and a pointing processing unit for detecting the position designated by a designation member such as a finger inserted in said touch area, and
- wherein said processing unit displays, in the display area of said display unit, a position corresponding to the position detected by said pointing processing unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.