Sony Corporation

Akihito Shinohara

Tooru Kuronuma

Syuhei Yukawa

Daisuke Kurosaki

Fukukyo Sudo

Norio Kobayashi

Shuhei Yukawa

Yutaka Ogasawara

Masayoshi Koganei

Hisao Yamakawa

Yohei Ishii

An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a base chassis, a screen displaying section, and operation controlling means. The display unit includes a display region. The base chassis is made of a transparent material and includes a first region that extends outward from at least one end on a circumference of the display unit, the first region provided with one of a plurality of vertically-arranged operation buttons and a plurality of horizontally-arranged operation buttons used for operating a driving circuit. The screen displaying section displays an operation screen in the display region of the display unit, the operation screen displayed in association with a position of each of the plurality of operation buttons. The operation controlling means controls an operational input to the operation screen made by using the plurality of operation buttons.

Electronic apparatus

A keyboard apparatus includes: a plurality of keys; a switching section that detects depression of each of the keys; a top cover that is integrally formed with a partitioning portion separating adjacent keys from each other; a frame member that includes a plurality of key receiving portions which, in a case where the frame member is attached to the top cover, support the keys in a manner that the keys are placed in spaces surrounded by the partitioning portion; a first coupling section that couples the top cover with the frame member; and a second coupling section that couples a first surface portion of the keyboard apparatus including the switching section, with a second surface portion of the keyboard apparatus including the top cover and the frame member with which the top cover is coupled by the first coupling section.

Keyboard apparatus, electronic apparatus, and method of producing the keyboard apparatus

An electronic apparatus includes a display unit, a driving circuit, and a base chassis. The driving circuit is configured to drive the display unit. The base chassis is made of a transparent material and includes a first region that extends outward from at least one end on a circumference of the display unit, the first region provided with an operation button used for operating the driving circuit.

A pivoting mechanism for a stand which is supported for pivotal motion on a rear face of an apparatus body, which includes a body side secured member secured to the apparatus body, a pair of stand side secured members secured to the stand, a pair of pivot shafts configured to connect the body side secured section and the pair of stand side secured members to each other and serving as a fulcrum for the pivotal motion of the stand with respect to the apparatus body, a spring member configured to provide pivoting force to the stand in a direction in which an end portion of the stand approaches a lower end portion of the apparatus body, and a pivoting angle changing lever configured to change the pivotal motion permitting angle of the stand with respect to the apparatus body in response to an operation position thereof.

Pivoting mechanism for stand and electronic apparatus

An electronic device which easily offers an optimal operational position taking ergonomics into account without spending time and effort is provided. The electronic device includes a base, a display, an input device, display swing means, and input-device swing means disposed closer to the screen viewing side than the display swing means. The display swing means swingable attaches the display to the base. The input-device swing means swingably attaches the display to the input device. When a tilt angle of the screen of the display increases, a tilt angle of the keyboard increases in accordance with the increase in the tilt angle of the screen.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Akihito Shinohara