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US 7,009,568 B2Granted
Information processing apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsRyoji Amemiya, Shinichi Ogasawara
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Abstract
To provide an information processing apparatus having an antenna with a high sensitivity. There are provided a display unit 3 having a display panel whose rear surface is covered with a metallic panel 3B, an antenna member 35 which is disposed in a notch 37 formed in a part of the above described metallic panel, and covers 41 and 61 of non-metallic members disposed in the above described notch so as to cover the above described antenna member.
Claims5
An information processing apparatus comprising:
- a display unit having a display panel of which rear side is covered with a metallic panel;
- an antenna member which is disposed in a notch formed in part of said metallic panel;
- a cover of a non-metallic member which is disposed in said notch so as to cover said antenna member;
- a main unit, wherein one side portion of said display unit is hinged to one side portion of said main unit so that said display unit is capable of opening and folding from and against said main unit, and said antenna member is disposed in said notch formed in the other side portion of said display unit opposed to said one side portion, wherein said antenna member is disposed so as to protrude at least partially from a side surface of said other side portion of said display unit;
- a side surface cover which is disposed on said side surface of the other side portion so as to cover said antenna member that protrudes;
- light emitting means which lights or flickers at a signal transmission time, and wherein said side surface cover is disposed so as to cover said light emitting means,
- wherein said antenna member is located in an off center position of a side portion of said display unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.