Patent ID: 7649562

Claim:
Portable electronic apparatus having a display unit wherein a menu mark, which changes depending on an operation mode of the portable electronic apparatus, is displayed on the display unit, a touch input section for selecting items of the menu mark is provided including touch detection sensors arranged linearly and continuously wherein the touch input section is configured to detect continuously linear contact position signals in both horizontal and vertical directions with respect to said display unit, the touch input section being disposed around and on the bezel of said display unit wherein the bezel is not a part of the display unit and is arranged on the same surface of the display unit, wherein one operation chosen from a group of control operation of said portable electronic apparatus and input operation that is based on the items displayed on said display unit is performed in accordance with the touch position and a movement in the touch state detected by said touch input section, wherein said portable electronic apparatus is a digital camera for capturing a photographic image, and wherein control operation of said portable electronic apparatus in accordance with a movement in the touch state on said touch input section includes changing the display magnification of an image displayed on said display unit.