Patent ID: 6342009
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
An input device for inputting signals to a game machine which uses a computer, said input device comprising:one or more operating members provided on an outside of a plurality of surfaces of a housing; a flexible filmy substrate disposed within said housing, said substrate being bent in conformity with an inside of said plurality of surfaces of said housing; contact portions adapted to perform ON-OFF operations in response to operations of said operating members formed respectively on one or more surfaces of said substrate at positions corresponding to the operating members; and a printed circuit board disposed within said housing, said printed circuit board being connected to said game machine by a cable; wherein said substrate comprises a flexible tape wiring portion, said tape wiring connecting said substrate to said printed circuit board, wherein said housing is configured be held between a left and right palm of a user's hands, and said operating members are configured to be simultaneously manipulated by a plurality of digits on said user's hands, and wherein when said operating members are operated, signals corresponding respectively to operations of the operating members are generated by the printed circuit board in response to the ON-OFF operations of the contact portions of said substrate and are inputted to the game machine through the cable.