Patent ID: 7224373

Claim:
An apparatus comprising: a data processing device; a first group of control elements and a second group of control elements integrated directly on said data processing device; a display comprising a display area for rendering images generated by said data processing device, said display coupled to said data processing device at a pivot point and rotatable around said pivot point from a first position to a second position, wherein said display is viewable in both said first position and said second position and wherein both said first and second groups of control elements are exposed when said display is in said second position, and wherein only said second group of control elements are exposed when said display is in said first position, wherein said first group of control elements are covered by said display when said display is in said first position and said second group of control elements are not covered by said display when said display is in said first position; and wherein said second group of control elements comprise a control knob and a set of control buttons; and a switch configured to trigger when said display is rotated from said second position to said first position.