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US5572399A
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Information processing apparatus having CD-Rom device
Assignee: Panasonic Holdings Corp
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Filing: 1995-03-10
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Granted: 1996-11-05
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Expires: 2015-03-10
Abstract
Abstract An information processing apparatus including a body, a display moveably connected to the body, a CD-ROM device built into the body with its receptacle facing up for accommodating a medium disk, and a keyboard arrangement. The keyboard arrangement is coupled to the body so that the keyboard arrangement can be moved between two positions including a first position where the keyboard arrangement is used for processing information and a second position where the keyboard arrangement allows an operator to load or unload the medium disk directly into the CD-ROM device. The information processing apparatus eliminates the need of using a tray or caddy mechanism.
Inventors
- 👤 Kiyoshi Shirato
- 👤 Yasuji Yamato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-10 01:45
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F1/00; G06F1/16; G06F1/1613; G06F1/1615; G06F1/1616; G06F1/1633; G06F1/1656; G11; G11B; G11B25/00; G11B25/04; G11B25/043; G11B33/00; G11B33/10; G11B7/00; G11B7/002; G11B7/0037
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 6
Claim 1
Independent Claim
156 words
An information processing apparatus comprising: a body haying a top face, display means moveably coupled to the body, information reproducing means, disposed in said body, reproducing information from a first medium disk, said information reproducing means having a top loading face for loading the first medium disk, keyboard arrangement, moveably coupled to the body, for entering data, said keyboard arrangement moveable between: (1) a first position to conceal the top loading face of the information reproducing means, and (2) a second position to expose the top loading face of the intbnnation reproducing means for one of loading and unloading of the first medium disk, and at least one storage area positioned on said top face of the body at a different position from the top loading face of the information reproducing means for storing a second medium disk, said second medium disk being prevented from being reproduced at the same time as said first medium disk.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
156 words
An information processing apparatus comprising: a body haying a top face, display means moveably coupled to the body, information reproducing means, disposed in said body, reproducing information from a first medium disk, said information reproducing means having a top loading face for loading the first medium disk, keyboard arrangement, moveably coupled to the body, for entering data, said keyboard arrangement moveable between: (1) a first position to conceal the top loading face of the information reproducing means, and (2) a second position to expose the top loading face of the intbnnation reproducing means for one of loading and unloading of the first medium disk, and at least one storage area positioned on said top face of the body at a different position from the top loading face of the information reproducing means for storing a second medium disk, said second medium disk being prevented from being reproduced at the same time as said first medium disk.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
59 words
The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein said second medium disk has a disk top face, the keyboard arrangement has a bottom surface, and said second medium disk is stored in the storage area with the disk top face substantially facing the bottom surface of the keyboard arrangement when the keyboard arrangement is positioned at the first position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein at least said second medium disk is stored in the storage area.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
16 words
The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the keyboard arrangement has a plurality of keys.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
The information processing apparatus of claim 1, wherein the top loading face of the information reproducing means is substantially parallel to the top surface of the body.
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