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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2015
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Shoji Masubuchi, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An example operation apparatus includes: a direction input operation section provided on a front surface of a housing of the operation apparatus and at such a position that, in a state where the operation apparatus is held with at least one hand of a user, the direction input operation section is allowed to be operated with a thumb of the hand; and a rotation operation section which is provided on a surface different from the front surface of the housing and at such a position that, in a state where the operation apparatus is held with the hand or the other hand of the user, the rotation operation section is allowed to be operated with an index finger of the hand or the other hand and which is an operation section capable of being rotationally operated.