Patent ID: 7321756
Filing Date: 2008-01-22
Classification: G06K,H04M

Abstract:
1. An information processing unit which is a folding unit and comprises an upper casing and a lower casing equipped with an operation section which are hinged to be freely opened and closed wherein: the lower casing comprises, adjacent to the operation section, a groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation section and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation section and slanting upward, wherein a finger moves downward along the first slope and the finger moves upward along the second slope; the groove comprises a fingerprint sweep sensor; the first slope and the second slope have mutually different tilt angles; and the lower casing further comprises a pad which protrudes from a surface of the lower casing, wherein an entire sensing surface of the fingerprint sweep sensor protrudes above an inner surface of the groove.