Patent ID: 7843433

Claim:
An information terminal device comprising: an information input unit having a keyboard incorporated therein; and a display screen that can be opened and closed overlapping the information input unit, wherein the keyboard comprises a cordless pointing device used for moving a pointer displayed on a display screen and selecting information displayed on the display screen, the cordless pointing device comprising: an operation device including a plate having an optical reflection surface and an upper surface opposite to the optical reflection surface so that the whole operation device has a plate shape, and buttons that are provided on the upper surface of the plate and are operated by an operator's finger placed directly on the upper surface, the buttons generating an instruction on the information pointed by the pointer; a light-emitting and receiving unit, which is a separate unit from the operation device, and emits a light to the optical reflection surface of the operation device and receives the light reflected from the optical reflection surface of the operation device, the operation device being manipulated directly on a flat mouse pad of the keyboard located close to a group of keys, the light-emitting and receiving unit being provided in the flat mouse pad so that the optical reflection surface slides on the flat mouse pad of the keyboard including the light-emitting and receiving unit; and a control unit that moves the pointer according to a movement of the operation device detected by the light-emitting and receiving unit when the light is received and detects the instruction given by the switch.