Patent 7520442 was granted and assigned to Sony on April, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
An input device for applying a signal depending on a user-operated key to an information processing device is disclosed which includes a plurality of keys including a function-key pad and a ten-key pad; and a communication section for transmitting data to and from a non-contact IC or a device equivalent to a non-contact IC; the communication section having an antenna housed in the input device and disposed above the ten-key pad and rightward of the function-key pad.