Information processing unit
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1. A portable processing unit which comprises a casing equipped with an operation section, wherein:
- the casing comprises, adjacent to the operation section, a groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation section and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation section and slanting upward, wherein a finger moves downward along the first slope and the finger moves upward along the second slope;
the groove comprises a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint; and
the first slope and the second slope have mutually different lengths,wherein an entire sensing surface of the fingerprint sweep sensor protrudes above an inner surface of the groove.
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Abstract
An information processing unit, such as a mobile phone, equipped with a fingerprint sensor and which reconciles size reduction with operability at a high level. Adjacent to an operation panel is located a V-shaped groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation panel and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation panel and slanting upward, where the V-shaped groove contains a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint on a finger moved along the first slope and the second slope.
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1. A portable processing unit which comprises a casing equipped with an operation section, wherein:
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the casing comprises, adjacent to the operation section, a groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation section and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation section and slanting upward, wherein a finger moves downward along the first slope and the finger moves upward along the second slope; the groove comprises a fingerprint sweep sensor which detects a fingerprint; and the first slope and the second slope have mutually different lengths, wherein an entire sensing surface of the fingerprint sweep sensor protrudes above an inner surface of the groove. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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