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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2006
Applicants:
Yasushi Itoshiro, Saitama, JP;
Kazuki Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Yasushi Itoshiro, Saitama, JP;
Kazuki Taniguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06C 7/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An input device for applying a signal depending on a user-operated key to an information processing device is disclosed which includes a plurality of keys including a function-key pad and a ten-key pad; and a communication section for transmitting data to and from a non-contact IC card or a device equivalent to a non-contact IC card; the communication section having an antenna housed in the input device and disposed above the ten-key pad and rightward of the function-key pad.