Band-shaped input device and electronic device

1. An input device comprising:

a neck-hung strap; and

a connecting member connecting the strap, the strap having a loop-shaped configuration;

the strap having at least one input portion embedded therein, and the strap being elongated and flexible;

an electronic device remote from the strap and input portion, the electronic device configured to perform functions in response to control signals received from the input portion; and

wherein the at least one input portion is operable to control the functions of the remote electronic device so that the electronic device performs the functions based on the control signals transmitted by the input portion and wherein the at least one input portion performs various types of inputs based on opposing resistor layers or electrode layers having predetermined lengths of one and the other boards and sliding the at least one input portion in a length-wise direction of a band-shaped strap.

2. An input device according to claim 1 , further comprising wireless communication means.

3. An input device according to claim 1 , wherein permission/prohibition for operation as to said input portion is switchable with an operating member provided on said connecting member.

4. An electronic device, comprising the input device according to claim 1 .

5. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting member includes a connection between the at least one input portion and the remote electronic device.

6. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the input portion is completely covered by the strap.

7. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the input portion is manually operable as a switching device.

8. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one input portion is formed in a strap shape and positional information can be output along a direction in which the at least one input portion extends.

9. An input device comprising:

a wearable strap; and

a connecting member capable of connecting the strap in a plurality of shapes;

wherein at least one input portion is disposed within the strap; and

wherein the at least one input portion is operable to control functions of a remote electronic device by transmitting control signals to the electronic device, the electronic device being remote from both the strap and the input portion, and responsive to the control signals transmitted by the input portion and wherein the at least one input portion performs various types of inputs based on opposing resistor layers or electrode layers having predetermined lengths of one and the other boards and sliding the at least one input portion in a length-wise direction of a band-shaped strap.