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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Nobutaka Nishigaki, Fussa, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Kawasaki, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36470912 ;
Abstract
A computer system includes a main body, an integral keyboard formed in the main body, a CPU for executing various types of data processing, a connector through which an external keyboard can be connected to the main body, and a keyboard controller, controlled by the CPU, for receiving key code data supplied from the integral keyboard and transmitting the received key code data to the CPU. The computer system also includes a selector which selects either the integral keyboard or the connector, on the basis of the contents of the data stored in a register, and connects the selected keyboard to the keyboard controller.