Patent ID: 7385597

Claim:
An information processing device for executing various kinds of information processing, said information processing device comprising: a main body having a keyboard mounted thereon; a display body with a display screen arranged on a front surface, which is connected to said main body to rotate in opening/folding directions and to rotate in a turning direction different from the opening/folding directions, to be in a closed position in which the display body covers the keyboard, an open position in which the display screen faces the keyboard, or a turned rotated position in which the display body is turned and rotated, a back surface of the display screen is close to said main body, and the display screen is on an opposite side as the keyboard; first operating means and second operating means, one of said first and second operating means is provided outside of said display body, separate from the keyboard and adjacent to the keyboard, for operating the information processing device disposed at a position to be operable when said display body is in each of the open position and turned rotated position, and the other of said first and second operating means is provided on the display body but outside of and operating independently of contact with said display screen, for operating the information processing device disposed at a position to be operable when said display body is in the turned rotated position, wherein the at least first operating means and the second operating means are positioned on a same left or right side of the display screen when the display body is in the open position, and when the back surface of said display body is in the turned rotated position the second operating means is positioned on an opposite left or right side of the display screen as the at least first operating means; and display control means for displaying a system menu showing processing items on said display screen based on an operation of said first operating means, wherein said first operating means includes at least an operating button, said second operating means includes an operating device dedicated for displaying of the system menu showing processing items and said operating device is dedicated for selecting the processing items.