Information processing system, controller apparatus, control method therefor, and program
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsKiyotaka Ishikawa, Shin Kimura, Masaaki Tonogai, Takuro Sawada, Kazuyoshi Enomoto
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Abstract
An information processing system includes a controller apparatus that is operated by a user in a contact manner and an information processing apparatus that is connected with the controller apparatus. The controller apparatus works in an operation state of either a first state of receiving a user operation and transmitting information regarding the received operation to the information processing apparatus or a second state of executing a predetermined process based on the user contact state, the first state being different from the second state.
Claims20
An information processing system comprising:
- a controller apparatus that is operated by a user in a contact manner;
- and
- an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with the controller apparatus, wherein
- the controller apparatus is configured to work in an operation state of either a first state of receiving a user operation and transmitting information regarding the received user operation to the information processing apparatus or a second state of executing a predetermined process based on a user contact state, the second state being different from the first state,
- wherein, while operating in the second state, the controller apparatus is configured to:
- i) generate a notification signal indicative of a position of the controller apparatus until an initial contact between the controller apparatus and a hand of the user is detected;
- and ii) transition to the first state in response to verifying a mounting state of the controller apparatus.
A controller apparatus configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus, wherein
- the controller apparatus is configured to work in an operation state of either a first state of receiving a user operation and transmitting information regarding the received user operation to the information processing apparatus or a second state of executing a predetermined process based on a user contact state, the second state being different from the first state,
- wherein the controller apparatus is configured to transition to the second state based on receiving a wakeup signal from the information processing apparatus, and while operating in the second state, the controller apparatus is configured to:
- i) generate a notification signal indicative of a position of the controller apparatus until an initial contact between the controller apparatus and a hand of a user is detected;
- and ii) transition to the first state in response to verifying a mounting state of the controller apparatus.
A control method for a controller apparatus configured to communicate with an information processing apparatus, the method comprising:
- controlling the controller apparatus to work in an operation state of either a first state of receiving a user operation and transmitting information regarding the received user operation to the information processing apparatus or a second state of executing a predetermined process based on a user contact state, the second state being different from the first state;
- wherein while operating in the second state,
- i) generating a notification signal indicative of a position of the controller apparatus until an initial contact between the controller apparatus and a hand of a user is detected, and
- ii) transitioning to the first state in response to verifying a mounting state of the controller apparatus.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for causing a computer included in a controller apparatus to execute the instructions to perform operations comprising:
- controlling the controller apparatus to work in an operation state of either a first state of receiving a user operation and transmitting information regarding the received user operation to an information processing apparatus or a second state of executing a predetermined process based on a user contact state, the second state being different from the first state;
- wherein, while operating in the second state,
- i) generating a notification signal indicative of a position of the controller apparatus until an initial contact between the controller apparatus and a hand of a user is detected, and
- ii) transitioning to the first state in response to verifying a mounting state of the controller apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.