Patent ID: 6417838
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
Electronic equipment comprising:a cabinet in which a keyboard input device comprised of a plurality of key switches is installed; a cover member attached to the cabinet and which is capable of opening and closing a top of the cabinet; an image display section provided on an inner surface of the cover member facing against the keyboard input device when the cover member closes the top of the cabinet; and an input device provided on the cover member in the vicinity of the image display section, wherein the input device has a pair of operating members exposed on an inner surface and an outer surface, respectively, of the cover member; each of the pair of operating members can be independently moved within a predetermined range in a surface direction of the cover member; a moving direction and a moving amount of each of the operating members are detected; and a moving direction and a moving amount of an operation object displayed on the image display section are controlled based on the detected moving direction and moving amount of each of the operating members.