Patent ID: 7019784

Claim:
An information processing apparatus, comprising: a body having a keyboard thereon; and a display section mounted for pivotal opening and closing movement with respect to said body and having, on a first face thereof which opposes said keyboard when said display section is pivotally closed on said body, a display face for displaying an image thereon; said display section including image pickup means for picking up an image, accommodation means of a substantially tubular shape for accommodating said image pickup means therein and supporting means for supporting said accommodation means at portions thereof in the proximity of the opposite ends of the tubular shape for turning motion in a vertical plane over an angular range of approximately 180 degrees outwardly between a first position at which said image pickup means is directed in the same direction as said first face of said display section and a second position at which said image pickup means is directed in the same direction as a second face of said display section which is opposite to said first face; said supporting means comprising a shaft mounted at one end of said image pickup means rotatably disposed within a bearing member for positive location in a portion of said display section; said supporting means further comprising at the other end thereof, a second shaft member extending into said accommodation means and said image pickup means being secured to said second shaft member within said accommodation means; said body including providing means for providing a space for allowing said accommodation means to be turned without contacting with said body when said display section is pivotally closed on said body.