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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 02, 1993
Kazuyo Kawashima, Tachikawa, JP;
Yoshimi Ishikawa, Hamura, JP;
Casio Computer Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic device including a switch member which has a multiplicity of switch contacts provided thereon, a film liquid crystal display unit disposed above the switch member and having openings provided at positions opposite to the respective switch contacts, and operation members disposed in the corresponding openings so as to depress the operation members from above the film liquid crystal display. By the depression of the respective operation members, the corresponding switch contacts are switched. According to this structure, the switching operations are performed on the film liquid crystal display unit, so that the operability of the switches is improved and the device itself is miniaturized.