Patent ID: 6332840
Filing Date: 2001-12-25
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,G06T

Abstract:
An operation controlling device which is connected, in use, to a video processing device console which generates video data to be displayed on a display unit in accordance with a stored program and which responds to an operator's manipulations to provide changes to displayed video data, said operation controlling device comprising:an operation controlling device housing;an operation member protruding from said housing which, in use, is tilted by an operator within a desired range and is supported such that it stops at a desired position when not being manipulated by the operator,rotor bodies within said housing which rotate according to the amount of tilt of said operation member,rotation detectors within said housing which detect the rotated condition of said rotor bodies,counting circuitry within said housing for maintaining count values related to rotation amounts of the rotor bodies which are detected by said rotation detectors,reset signal generation circuitry within said housing for generating reset signals in response to a predetermined condition to reset the count values of said counting circuitry, anddata transfer circuitry within said housing for transferring the count values which have been counted by said counting circuitry to said video processing device.