Patent ID: 8350731

Claim:
A complex-operation input device that allows for rotating operation and sliding operation in a direction substantially orthogonal to a central axis of rotation of the rotating operation, the device comprising: a first detecting portion and a second detecting portion that are mounted on a base; a slider holder fixed on the base; a holder-slider unit having a rotation guiding portion and a first detected portion, and slidably supported by the slide holder; and a rotor that has a second detected portion extending in a circumferential direction of a cylindrical surface surrounding the holder-slider unit, and that is rotatably supported by the holder-slider unit via the rotation guiding portion, wherein the first detecting portion and the slide holder are disposed within a circle obtained by projecting the cylindrical surface onto the base, and the second detecting portion is disposed on or near the circle, and wherein a change in slide position of the first detected portion in response to sliding of the rotor and the holder-slider unit is detected by the first detecting portion, and a change in rotational position of the second detected portion in response to rotation of the rotor is detected by the second detecting portion.