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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:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G09G 5/00 ; G09G 5/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/00 ; G09G 5/00 ; G09G 5/02 ;
Abstract
The invention provides an information processing apparatus which can input various kinds of information simply with reliability without increasing the scale thereof. An LCD is disposed on the back of a touch pad, and when a function button is operated, a menu for allowing selection of a function is displayed on the LCD. When a user operates the touch pad to select, for example, ten keys from within the menu, ten keys are displayed on the LCD. Desired operation can be performed by operating the ten keys.