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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2003
Tetsutaro Nasu, Okayama, JP;
Tetsutaro Nasu, Okayama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
In an electronic apparatus, an inputting-operation device includes a touch panel actuated by a push button of a switch jointed to a laterally-movable strip. As the single switch moved laterally, the push button presses down the touch panel for the panel to output a first signal. The first signal makes a pointer shifts to a corresponding position on a display for selecting an item. The selected item is then actuated by a second signal produced by the switch pressing down the touch panel. This operation allows the pointer to shift to the selected item and allows the selected item to be actuated in a continuous sequence by a finger of an operator holding but not departing from a particular portion of the inputting-operation device.