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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 28, 2001
Yasuji Hagiwara, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Masahiro Soma, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Youtaro Sakakura, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Nakahama, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Yasuji Hagiwara, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Masahiro Soma, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Youtaro Sakakura, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Hiroshi Nakahama, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An operation unit is provided with an operation body operated by hand, a first detection unit for detecting the inclination operation of the operation body, and a second detection unit for detecting the pushing-down operation of the operation body. Any of 26 alphabetical characters 'A, B, C, . . . , X, Y, and Z' is selected corresponding to the inclination direction of the operation body. The displayed character is changed successively by rotating the operation body in X-Y coordinate plane. The selected character is finalized by pushing down the operation unit in Z-direction.