INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING SWITCH FOR INPUTTING KEY DATA
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Abstract
An information processing apparatus includes a housing with a top surface and a rear surface, a CPU (central processing unit) provided in the housing, a keyboard placed on the top surface of the housing and including a plurality of keys which input key data to the CPU, a display unit attached to the housing rotatably between a closed position in which the display unit covers the keyboard and an open position in which the keyboard is exposed, and at least one switch provided on the rear surface of the housing and configured to input key data to the CPU.
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4 Claims
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1. (canceled)
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2. An information processing apparatus comprising:
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a first unit comprising a keyboard; a second unit comprising a display; a mechanism configured to rotatably connect the first and second units such that the second unit is movable between a first position where the keyboard is covered and a second position where the keyboard is exposed; a first key provided on a side surface of the first unit, the side surface being exposed regardless of whether the second unit is in either the first position or the second position; and a controller configured to change data to be assigned to the first key among first data and second data, the first data being assigned to the first key when the second unit is in the first position, and the second data being assigned to the first key when the second unit is in the second position. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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Specification