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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Jan. 25, 2006
Kazuhito Ohshita, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Kazuhito Ohshita, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Alps Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An input device allowing an operator to select any one of selection items of a pop-up menu with an easy operation is provided. The input device includes two kinds of operation units configured to output a coordinate translation signal in at least one direction and a control unit configured to control display information on a display screen on the basis of the coordinate translation signal output from operation unit. When scrollable display information is displayed and the pop-up menu is not displayed on the display screen, the control unit scrolls the display information on the basis of the coordinate-translation signal, and, when the scrollable display information and the pop-up menu are both displayed on the display screen, the control unit controls sequentially high-lighting of a plurality of selection items of the pop-up menu on the basis of the coordinate-translation signal.