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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Dec. 22, 1999
Masato Nishikawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Chikao Nagasaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshimasa Kunimatsu, Aichi-ken, JP;
Masato Nishikawa, Aichi-ken, JP;
Chikao Nagasaka, Aichi-ken, JP;
Yoshimasa Kunimatsu, Aichi-ken, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Tokai-Rika-Denki Seisakusho, Aichi-Ken, JP;
Abstract
A touch-operation guide shape is formed on an input pad for inputting a touch operation by variably deforming the surface of the input pad, forming grooves or the like to enable a user to recognize the operation position on the input pad through finger touch. In addition, an image representing the touch-operation guide shape is displayed on a menu frame of a display together with selection items, whereby the corresponding position on the input pad can be recognized on the screen of the display.