Patent ID: 6930725

Claim:
An information processing apparatus having an image pickup apparatus incorporated therein, said information processing apparatus comprising a personal computer including a body section and a display panel section mounted for pivotal opening and closing movement on the body section, an image pickup apparatus mounted on a top edge portion of said display panel section, said image pickup apparatus comprising image pickup means for picking up an image of an object, holding means for holding thereon a lens for forming an image on said image pickup means, said holding means having a serrated circumferential portion thereon, moving means for fitting with said serrated circumferential portion of said holding means to move said holding means along a direction of an optical axis of said lens when said moving means is turned, accommodation means for accommodating said holding means and said moving means therein; and said moving means having at least a portion thereof exposed in order to permit a rotating operation when said image pickup apparatus faces one way and when said image pickup apparatus is turned to face an opposite direction to said display panel face, and wherein said body section has a recess which is formed such that, even if said display panel section is pivotally closed with respect to said body section, said image pickup apparatus can be turned without interfering with said body section.