Patent ID: 7916461

Claim:
An electronic device with a rotatable keyboard, comprising a casing and a base, wherein: a plurality of button holes are defined on the casing; a pressable plate comprising a plurality of transparent pressable protrusions is secured to the casing, and each of the pressable protrusions exposes itself through a corresponding button hole of the casing for a user to press the pressable protrusions to input commands to the electronic device; at least one rotatable member is located below the pressable plate and mounted in the base, and comprises a soft circuit plate, the soft circuit plate comprises at least two surfaces, and a plurality of touch points are arranged on each surfaces of the soft circuit plate and corresponding to the layout of the pressable protrusions; a transmission mechanism is mounted in the base and configured for rotating the at least one rotatable member to make one surface of the at least one rotatable member face the pressable plate and the touch points on the surface being touchable by the user who press the pressable protrusions; and a knob is mounted in the base and configured for driving the transmission mechanism to rotate the at least one rotatable member.