Operating device and control system

A console apparatus, comprising:

• two console devices, which a user uses with respective left and right hands thereof, and each console device having an operating button to be operated by a user;
• and a vibrating mechanism configured to vibrate said operating button,
• wherein a control device controls vibrations produced by said vibrating mechanism,
• wherein said control device identifies which one of left and right hands the user uses the console device with, and changes control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on an identified result, and
• wherein said control device determines whether said two console devices are contacting each other or not, and, if said two console devices are contacting each other, changes control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on orientations of said two console devices that are contacting each other.

A control device for controlling two console devices, which a user uses with respective left and right hands thereof, and each console device including an operating button to be operated by a user, and a vibrating mechanism configured to vibrate said operating button, the control device comprising:

• an acquiring unit configured to acquire an amount of operation of said operating button;
• and
• a controller configured to vibrate said vibrating mechanism according to control contents depending on the amount of operation of said operating button,
• wherein said control device identifies which one of left and right hands the user uses the console device with, and changes control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on an identified result, and
• wherein said control device determines whether said two console devices are contacting each other or not, and, if said two console devices are contacting each other, changes control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on orientations of said two console devices that are contacting each other.

A control method for controlling two console devices, which a user uses with respective left and right hands thereof, and each console device including an operating button to be operated by a user, and a vibrating mechanism configured to vibrate said operating button, comprising:

• acquiring an amount of operation of said operating button;
• and
• vibrating said vibrating mechanism according to control contents depending on the amount of operation of said operating button,
• identifying which one of left and right hands the user uses the console device with, and changing control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on an identified result, and
• determining whether said two console devices are contacting each other or not, and, if said two console devices are contacting each other, changing control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on orientations of said two console devices that are contacting each other.

A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program for controlling two console devices, which a user uses with respective left and right hands thereof, and each console device including an operating button to be operated by a user, and a vibrating mechanism configured to vibrate said operating button, said program when executed by a computer, causing the computer to carry out actions, comprising:

• acquiring an amount of operation of said operating button;
• and
• vibrating said vibrating mechanism according to control contents depending on the amount of operation of said operating button,
• identifying which one of left and right hands the user uses the console device with, and changing control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on an identified result, and
• determining whether said two console devices are contacting each other or not, and, if said two console devices are contacting each other, changing control contents for said vibrating mechanism depending on orientations of said two console devices that are contacting each other.