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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Norio Matsuda, Saitama-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Pioneer Electronic Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H03K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
341 20 ; 340990 ; 340995 ; 345121 ;
Abstract
An electronic equipment has a stick as a movable input device provided to be manually moved. The position of the stick is detected. In accordance with the detected position, the movement of the stick is restricted within a predetermined movable range so as to be moved a plurality of predetermined areas. The area in which the stick is located is detected. In accordance with the detected area, corresponding control data stored in a memory are read out, and the electronic equipment is controlled by the read out control data.