Patent ID: 8102646

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a first unit comprising a top surface, a bottom surface and a back side surface, the first unit comprising a keyboard provided on the top surface; a second unit attached to the first unit and comprising a rear surface and a front surface on which a touch screen device is placed, the second unit being set in one of a first position in which the touch screen device and the keyboard are exposed and a second position in which the rear surface of the second unit covers the keyboard while the touch screen device is exposed; a central processing unit (CPU) provided in the first unit; first and second keys provided at a right-end and left-end side portions of a back surface of the first unit, the back surface being exposed regardless of whether the second unit is in either the first position or the second position; and a controller configured to supply first key data to the CPU in response to an operation of the first key if the second unit is set in the first position, supply second key data to the CPU in response to the operation of the first key if the second unit is set in the second position, supply third key data to the CPU in response to an operation of the second key if the second key unit is set in the first position, and supply fourth key data to the CPU in response to the operation of the second key if the second unit is set in the second position.