Patent ID: 7386748

Claim:
An information processing apparatus comprising: a display device; a main body rotationally coupled to the display device, a top surface of the main body increasingly overlapping the display device when the display device rotates in a first direction; a hinge rotationally coupling the display device to the main body; a plurality of input devices arranged either at the top surface of the main body or on the display device, the plurality of input devices being covered by the display device as the display device rotates in the first direction; and means for switching off power supplied to the plurality of input devices stepwise in a predetermined order by powering off a first input device of the plurality of input devices before powering off a second input device that is situated further away from the hinge than the first input device, the predetermined order is based on an angle between the display device and the main body that changes as the display device is rotated in the first direction.