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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 09, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2000
Junichi Inamura, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Electronic equipment features outstanding crispness of operation and responsiveness, and features great ease of operation. The electronic equipment includes an input device having a pair of operating members exposed on an inner surface and an outer surface, respectively, of a cover member. Each of the pair of operating members can be independently moved within a predetermined range in a surface direction of the cover member. A moving direction and a moving amount of each of the paired operating members are detected by a detecting section (not shown), and a moving direction and a moving amount of at least a cursor, which is an operation object displayed on an image display section, are controlled based on the detected moving direction and moving amount.