Information processing apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsHisaya Miyashita, Naohiko Otake, Hiroki Tamai
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Abstract
In an information processing apparatus, a display unit is pivotally supported on a main unit by a hinge having a hinge pin. Left and right buttons serving as first and second function buttons for controlling an object chosen by a pointer appearing on a display, and a third function button for scrolling the screen displayed on the display are provided near one end in the axial direction of the hinge pin between the display unit and a keyboard.
Claims5
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a display unit equipped with a display;
- a main unit equipped with a keyboard having a plurality of operation keys;
- and
- a support unit that supports the display unit on the main unit so that the display unit pivots on a hinge having a hinge pin to open and close the keyboard,
- wherein a first function button and a second function button that control an object chosen by a pointer appearing on the display, and a third function button that allows a screen displayed on the display to be scrolled are provided near one end in the axial direction of the hinge pin between the display unit and the keyboard.
A method for controlling an information processing apparatus, wherein a first function button, a second function button, and a third function button are disposed near one end in the axial direction of a hinge pin between a display unit and a keyboard in the information processing apparatus, the second function button and the third function button are arranged around the circumference of the first function button, and
- wherein the first function button allows a screen displayed on the display unit to be scrolled, and the second function button controls an object chosen by a pointer appearing on the display unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.