Patent ID: 7086243

Claim:
A setting device of a force feedback type comprising: a selection unit for selecting any one of control items of an electronic device; a setting unit for changing data of the control item selected by the selection unit, the setting unit being common to the control items; operating state detecting means for detecting an operating state of the setting unit; force feedback providing means for providing force feedback to the setting unit; and a control unit for controlling the force feedback providing means such that, after one of the control items is selected by the selection unit, the force feedback providing means provides the setting unit with a predetermined force feedback pattern for the selected control item based on the operating state detected by the operating state detecting means; wherein a force feedback pattern for at least one control item is determined so that the operation of the setting unit is restricted when the operating state of the setting unit reaches a predetermined state, and a force feedback pattern for at least one of the other control items is determined so that the operation of the setting unit is not restricted.