Patent ID: 8669935
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. An operation device for use by a user by holding in one hand, comprising: a thumb operating area defined on a surface of an enclosure of the operation device, where an operation member to be operated by the user, using his/her thumb, while holding the operation device is provided; an inclination operation member including a stick part projecting from the thumb operating area, for being operated by the user by inclining the stick part, using the thumb; and a first operation button provided on the surface of the enclosure in a position opposed to the thumb operating area, being capable of being pressed by the user, using another finger, in a direction intersecting a direction toward the inclination operation member, wherein said thumb operating area comprises a first partial area and a second partial area, the first partial area includes an inclined surface which is inclined away from said second partial area, and the inclination operation member is formed in said first partial area and projects in a direction orthogonal to the inclined surface.