Patent ID: 8488833

Claim:
An electronic apparatus comprising: a housing comprising a top wall; a keyboard supported on the top wall; and a touchpad contained in the housing along an inner surface of the top wall, wherein the top wall comprises a region positioned on the front side of the keyboard, the region comprising a touchpad surface covering the touchpad so that the touchpad is hidden from an outside of the housing, and a palm-rest surface situated off the touchpad surface, and on which a user's hand is to be placed, the touchpad surface and the palm-rest surface are positioned on the same plane as a part of the top wall, and the palm-rest surface is rough in texture as compared with the touchpad surface, and the rough palm-rest surface is immediately adjacent to the touchpad surface and surrounds the touchpad surface so that an outline of an area where the touchpad is capable of receiving input can be recognized by hand.