Patent ID: 8461467

Claim:
A local lighting keyboard, comprising: a keyboard portion which includes a baseboard, a plurality of keycaps movable up and down against the baseboard and a circuit board located between the baseboard and the keycaps, the circuit board being depressible by the keycaps during the up and down movement thereof to output corresponding signals; and a luminous portion which includes a mask located beneath the keycaps, the mask containing a light permeable zone, an impermeable zone and at least one light source located beneath a lower surface of the mask, the light source generating light which is transmitted below the mask and passes through the permeable zone to project upwards outside the keyboard portion; wherein the keyboard portion includes a holding board between the keycaps and the circuit board and a moving mechanism bridging the holding board and the keycaps; wherein the mask is located between the holding board and the keycaps, and the holding board contains a holding cavity to hold the light source.