Abstract: An input device includes an operation unit that is held by a user and operated in a three-dimensional free space to remotely operate an information processing device, a directional button that is provided on the operation unit and operated by the user to point in a direction, and a transmission unit that, when the directional button is operated while the operation unit is being operated in the free space, transmits information corresponding to the operation in the free space and information corresponding to the operated directional button to the information processing device so that an object image linearly moves by only an amount corresponding to a directional component of the directional button out of an operation amount in the free space after the operation of the directional button.

Abstract: A linear motor comprises a first yoke, a second yoke spaced apart the width of a first gap from the first yoke, a current-carrying coil surrounding at least one of the first yoke and the second yoke, a magnet spaced apart the width of a second gap from the first and second yokes, and the end portion of the magnet extending over the first gap from one of the first yoke and the second yoke to the other thereof, when the magnet is in a starting position or in an initial position, whereby a relative movement between the magnet and the first and second yokes are obtained.

Abstract: A linear motor comprises a first yoke, a second yoke spaced apart the width of a first gap from the first yoke, a current-carrying coil surrounding at least one of the first yoke and the second yoke, a magnet spaced apart the width of a second gap from the first and second yokes, and the end portion of the magnet extending over the first gap from one of the first yoke and the second yoke to the other thereof, when the magnet is in a starting position or in an initial position, whereby a relative movement between the magnet and the first and second yokes are obtained.