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Information processing apparatus, information storing medium and program thereof, and operating device for game machine

  • US 7,905,781 B2
  • Filed: 06/11/2009
  • Issued: 03/15/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An operating device for game machine for instructing an action of a character appearing in a game, comprising:

  • a housing;

    a main switch arranged in a vicinity of one side surface on one main surface of said housing and in a vicinity of a thumb finger of one hand holding the housing; and

    a plurality of sub-switches arranged to be circumferentially distributed around the main switch in an area excluding a lower area of said main switch and within an area that the thumb finger is movable, whereinsaid plurality of sub-switches are constituted to include a first sub-switch arranged at an upper area of said main switch, a second sub-switch arranged at a left area of the main switch, and a third sub-switch arranged at a right area of the main switch, and each of which has a shape smaller than a shape of the main switch.

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