Patent ID: 7133026

Claim:
A hand-held information input device for giving input instructions to a program executing machine, comprising: a device body having a substantially elliptical shape of a size easily held with one hand and made of a substantially elastic material having transparency and flexibility; a vibrator provided in the device body; a touch sensor provided on a face of the device body to sense a first predetermined operation of a touch of a human finger and the touched position; a pressure sensor provided in the device body to sense a second predetermined operation independently from the touch sensor; an acceleration sensor provided in the device body to sense a third predetermined operation independently from the touch sensor and the pressure sensor; a sensor signal transmitter that transmits a sensor signal of the touch sensor, the pressure sensor, and the acceleration sensor to the program executing machine; and a control unit for controlling said vibrator, said touch sensor, said pressure sensor, said acceleration sensor, and said sensor signal transmitter.