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US 10,722,783 B2Granted
Game console
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorsHiroshi Yoshino, Keizo Ohta, Yoshitaka Yasumoto, Kenji Nishida, Kenichi Sugino, Masato Ibuki
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Abstract
A portable, handheld game console includes a main body incorporating a touch-sensitive display screen and a variety of input devices. The input devices can include shoulder buttons located on a peripheral side surface of the main body, as well as input devices located on the main body adjacent the touch-sensitive display screen.
Claims20
A handheld electronic gaming device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display screen on a top surface of the housing;
- a directional input to the left of the display screen;
- a cross-shaped arrangement of four input buttons to the right of the display screen, wherein the directional input and the cross-shaped arrangement of four input buttons are arranged substantially symmetrically with respect to the display screen;
- a left shoulder button and a right shoulder button that are symmetrical with respect to the housing;
- a first speaker that is located towards the left side of the display screen;
- a second speaker is located towards the right side of the display screen;
- an audio interface configured to connect to an external audio output device;
- and
- image processing circuitry configured to cause three dimensional images to be displayed on the display screen, and the image processing circuitry is configured to cause three dimensional images to be displayed on a second display screen separate from the housing.
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A handheld electronic gaming device, comprising:
- a housing;
- a display screen on a top surface of the housing and that is centered on the top surface with respect to left and right sides of the housing;
- a directional input on the top surface of the housing to the left of the display screen;
- a cross-shaped arrangement of four input buttons on the top surface of the housing to the right of the display screen, wherein the directional input and the cross-shaped arrangement of four input buttons are arranged substantially symmetrically on the top surface of the housing with respect to the display screen;
- a left shoulder button and a right shoulder button on a side surface of the housing, wherein the left shoulder button and the right shoulder button are arranged symmetrically on the housing;
- a first speaker that is located to the left of the display screen;
- a second speaker is located to the right of the display screen;
- an audio interface configured to connect to an external audio output device;
- and
- image processing circuitry configured to cause three dimensional images to be displayed on the display screen, and the image processing circuitry is configured to cause three dimensional images to be displayed on a second display screen separate from the housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.