Patent ID: 8471809

Claim:
A console drawer, comprising: an operation body that has a pointing function with respect to information; and an information-input device that has a keyboard, a built-in pointing device with a pointing function with respect to information, a chassis supporting the keyboard and the built-in pointing device, an operation space for operation of the operation body, a closable display overlapping the chassis in a closed position, an optical system emitting light through a transparent hole provided on the operation space and receiving a reflected portion of the light from the operation body, and a data conversion portion converting data from the built-in pointing device into coordinate information, wherein the chassis has a recess to removably receive the operation body, the operation space is positioned adjacent to the recess at a surface of the chassis, the closable display covers the recess in the closed position, the recess has an emission stop button at an inside thereof movable between first and second positions, and wherein, when the operating body is received in the recess, the emission stop button is moved into the first position which stops the optical system from emitting light.