Patent ID: 7944684

Claim:
A notebook computer having a document holding function to facilitate capturing an image of a document, said notebook computer comprising: an upper cover comprising: a screen for outputting said image of said document; an image pickup device arranged on a rim of said screen for capturing said image of said document; and a base pivotally coupled with said upper cover, and comprising: a keyboard for inputting characters or signs to said notebook computer; a touchpad serving as a pointing device; a touchpad chassis having a top surface connected with a bottom surface of said touchpad; a fixing recess formed in an edge surface of said touchpad chassis for holding said document; a concave structure for accommodating said touchpad and said touchpad chassis; and a rotatable frame disposed within said concave structure for overturning said touchpad chassis, so that a shooting angle is defined between said image pickup device and said document held in said fixing recess, wherein said rotatable frame comprises: a first gliding block; a first guiding shaft fixed at a first side of said concave structure and penetrating through said first gliding block, so that said first gliding block is movable along said first guiding shaft; a second gliding block; a second guiding shaft fixed at a second side of said concave structure and penetrating through said second gliding block, so that said second gliding block is movable along said second guiding shaft; and a first rotating rod and a second rotating rod having respective first ends pivotally coupled to said first gliding block and said second gliding block, thereby performing a pivoting action, wherein a first lateral surface and a second lateral surface of said touchpad chassis are pivotally coupled to respective second ends of said first rotating rod and said second rotating rod, thereby performing another pivoting action.