# US 11,998,835 B2 · Operating device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,998,835 B2 - Document ID: US11998835B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/201,759 - Filed: 2023-05-25 - Published: 2023-09-21 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-15 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi; Masaho Morita; Kazuyoshi Enomoto; Toshimasa Aoki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11998835B2 ## CPC - A63F 13/24: Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles - A63F 13/21: characterised by their sensors, purposes or types - A63F 13/213: comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells (A63F13/219 takes precedence) - A63F 13/23: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console - G06F 3/017: {Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures (interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883)} - G06F 3/0338: with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks - A63F: CARD, BOARD, OR ROULETTE GAMES; INDOOR GAMES USING SMALL MOVING PLAYING BODIES; VIDEO GAMES; GAMES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device (301) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section (321) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface (328c) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface (328c) provided at a front surface of the central section (321). The central section (321) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface (328c) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface (328c). ## Claims ### Claim 1 An operating device comprising: an upper surface; and a lower surface connected to the upper surface, wherein the upper surface is located in a first direction of the operating device with respect to the lower surface and the lower surface is located in a second direction, which is opposite of the first direction of the operating device with respect to the upper surface; wherein the lower surface comprises a bulging part which bulges in the second direction; and wherein the bulging part comprises an insertion port, wherein the insertion port is configured to receive an insertion in a third direction which is normal to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The operating device of claim 1, wherein the insertion port is configured to receive a cable. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The operating device of claim 1, wherein the insertion port is exposed to a front side of a front surface of the bulging part. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The operating device of claim 1, wherein the lower surface further comprises a groove. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The operating device of claim 4, wherein the groove is positioned in front of the insertion port. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The operating device of claim 5, wherein the groove is oriented in the third direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The operating device according to claim 5, where a width of the groove corresponds to a width of the insertion port. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The operating device of claim 4, wherein the groove is configured to allow a cable to be inserted into the insertion port. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The operating device of claim 4, wherein the groove is configured such that when a connector of a cable in inserted into the insertion port, an end portion of the cable is disposed in the groove. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The operating device of claim 4, wherein the lower surface further comprises a first portion configured to allow a first operating button to project out of the lower surface; wherein the first portion is located toward a first corner of the lower surface in the third direction; wherein the lower surface further comprises a second portion configured to allow a second operating button to project out of the lower surface; wherein the second portion is located toward a second corner of the lower surface in the third direction; and wherein the groove is located between the first portion and the second portion in a fourth direction which is normal to the first and second direction and normal to the third direction. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The operating device of claim 1, wherein the insertion port is integrally formed into the lower surface. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The operating device according to claim 1, wherein a vertical height of the bulge is approximately equal to a vertical height of the insertion port. ### Claim 13 An operating device comprising: left and right hold sections to be held by a user; a first operating member which is disposed at the one of the right or the left hold sections, the first operating member being an operating button; and a first operating stick which is disposed at one of a right side or a left side with respect to a center line which extends in a front-rear direction of the operating device; a second operating member which has a smaller size than the first operating stick and the first operating member in a plane view, the second operating member being an operating button; a groove located on the rear side of the operating device; wherein, in the plane view, a point is located on the second operating member, the point being located at an equal distance from both a center of the first operating stick and a center of the first operating member. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The operating device of claim 13, wherein the rear side comprises a bulging part located between the left and right hold sections; wherein the bulging part comprises an insertion port, wherein the insertion port is configured to receive an insertion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The operating device of claim 14, wherein the insertion port is configured to receive a cable. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The operating device of claim 14, wherein the insertion port is exposed to a front side of a front surface of the bulging part. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The operating device of claim 14, wherein the bulging part and the groove are integrally formed into a lower surface of the operation device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The operating device of claim 17, wherein the insertion port is integrally formed into the lower surface of the operation device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 13) The operating device of claim 13, wherein the groove is located between the left and right hold sections. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The operating device of claim 13, wherein the groove is oriented in a direction parallel to the center line.