US 12,752,185 B2 · Game controller

Abstract

An example game controller is removably attachable to a main unit. The game controller includes a controller-side slide member. The controller-side slide member protrudes from a first surface of the game controller and is configured to slidably engage with the main unit-side slide member in a slide direction. The controller-side slide member has a first end and a second end in the slide direction, and the game controller is configured to be attached to the main unit by inserting the controller-side slide member into the main unit-side slide member. The controller-side slide member includes a protruding portion and at least one terminal. The protruding portion protrudes from the first end side of the controller-side slide member in the slide direction and has a facing surface that faces the first surface of the game controller. The at least one terminal is between the facing surface and the first surface.

Claims27

Dependent claims

A game controller which is removably attachable to a main unit-side attachment mechanism of a main unit configured to execute a game process, the game controller comprising:

a first button and a second button,
a housing, and
a controller-side attachment mechanism protruding from a first surface of the housing and being configured to removably attach to the main unit-side attachment mechanism, wherein:
the controller side attachment mechanism has a second surface spaced from the first surface, the first button and the second button being located along a first direction, a user-contactable surface of each of the first button and the second button being spaced from the first surface,
the second surface includes at least one notch extending towards the first surface, at least one of the first button and the second button being accommodated at least partially within the at least one notch, and
the at least one notch extends from a first side edge to a second side edge of the second surface in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

3 more elements

A game controller including a controller-side attachment mechanism that is removably attachable to a complementary attachment mechanism of another device, the game controller comprising:

a first button and a second button, and
a housing, wherein the controller-side attachment mechanism protrudes from a first surface of the housing,
wherein:
the controller-side attachment mechanism has a second surface spaced from the first surface, the first button and the second button being located along a first direction, a user-contactable surface of each of the first button and the second button being spaced from the first surface,
the second surface includes at least one notch extending towards the first surface, at least one of the first button and the second button being accommodated at least partially within the at least one notch, and
the at least one notch extends from a first side edge to a second side edge of the second surface in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

3 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/756,408Filed 27 Jun 2024 · continuation

Priority

JP JP2015-11970712 Jun 2015

Published

US 2024/0359089 A131 Oct 2024

Granted

6 Oct 2026

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

A63F 13/24
Input arrangements for video game devices: constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
A63F 13/21
Input arrangements for video game devices: characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
A63F 13/213
Characterised by their sensors, purposes or types: comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells
A63F 13/23
Input arrangements for video game devices: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console

Family

Application15/178,972Parent of this continuation · filed 10 Jun 2016

Application15/629,135Parent of this continuation · filed 21 Jun 2017

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Application17/469,038Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Sep 2021

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Application18/212,974Parent of this continuation · filed 22 Jun 2023

US 11,724,178 B2Parent of this continuation · filed 15 Aug 2023

US 2024/0359089 A1Pre-grant publication · published 31 Oct 2024

US 12,059,611 B2Parent of this continuation

US 2016/0361627 A1Published application

US 2017/0282061 A1Published application

US 2020/0179800 A1Published application

US 2022/0072417 A1Published application

US 2023/0338831 A1Published application

US 12,752,185 B2This patent

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Claims27