Manipulating device
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsTaichi Nokuo, Isao Okuyama, Takeshi Igarashi
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Abstract
A manipulating device includes an analog manipulator tiltable or slidable in a first direction perpendicular to a central line along a second direction, and a plurality of manipulating buttons disposed in surrounding relation to the analog manipulator. The manipulating buttons include a first manipulating button positioned off the central line in the first direction. The analog manipulator is tilted or slid in the first direction, a position of an upper end of the first manipulating button along the second direction is higher than a position of an outer edge of the analog manipulator which is closer to the first manipulating button, along the second direction.
Claims9
A manipulating device comprising:
- an analog manipulator tiltable or slidable in a second direction perpendicular to a central line along a first direction;
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- a plurality of manipulating buttons disposed in surrounding relation to the analog manipulator,
- wherein the manipulating buttons include a first manipulating button positioned off the central line in the second direction, and
- when the analog manipulator is tilted or slid in the second direction, a position of an upper end of the first manipulating button along the first direction is higher than a position of an outer edge of the analog manipulator which is closer to the first manipulating button, along the first direction.
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