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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Masaharu Fukumoto, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Segawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takayuki Shiomi, Tokyo, JP;
Osamu Oda, Tokyo, JP;
Kenichi Konuma, Chiba, JP;
Etsuko Morota, Saitama, JP;
Miwako Yoritate, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Hirano, Tokyo, JP;
Kayo Kono, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A monitor device capable of setting and adjusting various function items with an operation system having fewer number of keys and fitting an operation sense of a user. The movement of the cursor, and the change of the sound volume display and all kinds of adjustment values in a submenu can be performed with a tablet key which can be pressed and slide-operated with the result that almost all of the setting and adjustment on all kinds of functions of the monitor device can be performed with fewer required than keys of the conventional operation system.