Patent ID: 7046233

Claim:
An electronic apparatus, comprising: an apparatus body having a playback section; a lid member having a display section, provided on one face of said lid member, for receiving a signal from said playback section; a supporting mechanism provided between said apparatus body and said lid member for supporting said lid member on said apparatus body, said supporting mechanism enabling pivotal motion around a first axis parallel to the plane of said apparatus body between a first position, wherein said lid member covers an upper face of said apparatus body, and a second position, wherein said lid member uncovers the upper face of said apparatus body, and said supporting mechanism also enabling pivotally rotational motion around a second axis parallel to the plane of said lid member at the second position while said lid member is attached to said apparatus body, such that said first axis is substantially perpendicular to said second axis; an operation section provided on said apparatus body, said operation section including first and second rotatable operation elements provided on two side faces of said apparatus body which intersect with each other, said first and second rotatable operation elements positioned within an area of a single circle such that when said first and second rotatable operation elements are operated together, a user is provided with an operation feeling of rotating a single disk; and a control section provided on said apparatus body for receiving an input signal supplied thereto from said operation section, said control section changing over a direction of movement of a cursor displayed on said display section based on the input signal from said operation section in response to a state of said lid member pivotally rotated around the second axis, wherein said first and second rotatable operation elements disposed on said two side faces of said apparatus body enables said control section to control the movement of the cursor displayed on said display section even when said lid member covers said upper face of said apparatus body.