US 7,321,757 B2
Information processing unit
Naoto Yamashita, Kawasaki (Japan); and Kazutoyo Inamitsu, Tokyo (Japan)
Assigned to Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki (Japan)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/209,680.
Application 11/209680 is a division of application No. 11/014771, filed on Dec. 20, 2004.
Application 11/014771 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/849871, filed on May 21, 2004.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-423598 (JP), filed on Dec. 19, 2003; and application No. 2004-338323 (JP), filed on Nov. 24, 2004.
Prior Publication US 2006/0003820 A1, Jan. 05, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/66 (2006.01); H04M 1/68 (2006.01); H04M 3/16 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 455—411  [455/410; 455/26.1; 455/556.1; 455/564; 455/565; 455/575.1; 455/575.3; 455/90.3; 455/344; 455/347; 455/349; 382/313; 382/315; 382/115; 382/116; 382/124; 382/126; 396/15; 713/186; 379/93.02; 379/93.03; 379/433.1; 379/433.13; 379/440; 379/445] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing unit which comprises a casing equipped with an operation section, wherein:
the casing comprises, adjacent to the operation section, a groove which contains a first slope stretching away from the operation section and slanting downward and a second slope stretching further away from the operation section and slanting upward, wherein a finger moves downward along the first slope and the finger moves upward along the second slope;
the groove comprises a fingerprint sweep sensor; and
the first slope and the second slope have mutually different tilt angles,
wherein an entire sensing surface of the fingerprint sweep sensor protrudes above an inner surface of the groove.