Patent ID: 8041387

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a main body; a display unit rotatably attached to the main body via a coupling portion; a first antenna provided in the display unit; a second antenna provided in the display unit; a first wireless communication module provided in the main body, the first wireless communication module being configured to receive a signal of a first frequency band; a second wireless communication module provided in the main body, the second wireless communication module being configured to receive a signal of a third frequency band; a first mixing and distributing device provided in the display unit, and configured to convert a reception signal of the first frequency band, which is input from the first antenna, to a reception signal of a second frequency band, which does not overlap the third frequency band, and to output the reception signal of the second frequency band and a reception signal of the third frequency band, which is input from the second antenna, to a cable which is inserted in the coupling portion; and a second mixing and distributing device provided in the main body, and configured to receive from the cable the reception signal of the second frequency band and the reception signal of the third frequency band, to convert the received reception signal of the second frequency band to a reception signal of the first frequency band, to output the reception signal of the first frequency band to the first wireless communication module, and to output the received reception signal of the third frequency band to the second wireless communication module.