Patent ID: 7724244

Claim:
A slide-type input device comprising: a slide button movable in a specific direction; a motion control hole which provides a movement area of the slide button; a location-detection module to detect a location-change information according to the movement of the slide button; and a controller to control a pointer displayed on a screen based on the location-change information of the slide button, wherein the slide button is moved in the specific direction by an external force applied by a user, and then is returned to an original location by an elastic force when the external force is removed, and wherein the location-detection module comprises a connection line coupling part, which has connection lines, to check the movement location of the slide button, and a scale indicator, coupled with the connection line coupling part through a central axis and rotated in the same direction as the connection line coupling part while the slide button is moved, to indicate a scale of a specific interval according to the movement of the slide button, and a restoration part, coupled with the connection line coupling part through the central axis, to return the slide button to an original location due to the elastic force caused by the movement of the slide button.