Patent ID: 8473115

Claim:
An apparatus having at least a first function and a second function and switching action by an operation of a commander, wherein: said commander includes: a main rotary operator which is configured to rotate about a horizontal axis and is at least press-operable and a main backward operator which when pressed instructs to go back to an original condition from a condition set by said main rotary operator, provided on a main operation surface; and a sub rotary operator which is at least press-operable and a sub backward operator which when pressed instructs to go back to an original condition from a condition set by said sub rotary operator, provided on a side surface of said main operation surface, and said apparatus: displays a menu relating to switching action between said first function and said second function to accept operations of said main rotary operator and said main backward operator, and accepts an operation relating to said second function among the operation accepted via said main rotary operator and said main backward operator also via operations of said sub rotary operator and said sub backward operator.