US 11,928,266 B2
Information processing apparatus and controlling method
Daisuke Watanabe, Kanagawa (JP); Takahide Wada, Kanagawa (JP); Akihiro Miyano, Kanagawa (JP); Mamoru Okada, Kanagawa (JP); and Naoyuki Araki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed by Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., Singapore (SG)
Filed on Oct. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/973,815.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-214123 (JP), filed on Dec. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0205323 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 3/02 (2006.01); G06F 3/04812 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/0213 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04812 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a pointing stick that is disposed on a keyboard, has an operable stick, and detects a displacement in an installation plane direction of the pointing stick and a displacement in a direction vertical to the installation plane; and
a main controller that displays a previously determined menu screen on a display in a case where the pointing stick detects a specific operation which includes the displacement of the stick in the vertical direction, wherein
the main controller includes:
a utility processing section which senses that the pointing stick detects the specific operation in accordance with an event of a hotkey, and
a GUI processing section which displays the menu screen on the display in a case where the utility processing section receives the event of the hotkey.