Patent ID: 9176634
Filing Date: 2015-11-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An operation device comprising: a touch operation unit that has an operation surface; and a control device that responds to a selection operation based on two-dimensional coordinates of a finger touch point on the operation surface, the selection operation being performed on each of selection items displayed on a display device arranged remotely from the touch operation unit, wherein the control device moves a display position of a cursor in an absolute coordinate mode when any of the selection items is not selected, the absolute coordinate mode being a mode in which a coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit corresponds absolutely to a coordinate system of the display device, the control device moves the display position of the cursor in a relative coordinate mode when one of the selection items is selected, the relative coordinate mode being a mode in which the coordinate system of the operation surface of the touch operation unit corresponds relatively to the coordinate system of the display device, and the selection of the one of the selection items is performed by moving the display position of the cursor to a position of the one of the selection items.