Operating device and control system
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsIkuo Yamano, Yusuke Nakagawa, Shinichi Hirata, Yuichi Machida, Yoichi Nishimaki
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus provide for a control unit; and an operating device including: (i) operation button to be activated by touch of a user, (ii) a first vibration mechanism for vibrating the operation button, and (iii) a second vibration mechanism for vibrating a main body of the operating device, where the control unit controls the first vibration mechanism and the second vibration mechanism.
Claims15
An apparatus, comprising:
- a control unit;
- and
- an operating device including:
- (i) operation button to be activated by touch of a user, (ii) a first vibration mechanism for vibrating the operation button, and (iii) a second vibration mechanism for vibrating a main body of the operating device,
- wherein the control unit controls the first vibration mechanism and the second vibration mechanism.
A method of controlling an operating device including:
- (i) operation button to be activated by touch of a user, (ii) a first vibration mechanism for vibrating the operation button, and (iii) a second vibration mechanism for vibrating a main body of the operating device, the method comprising:
- controlling the first vibration mechanism and the second vibration mechanism.
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to control an operating device including:
- (i) operation button to be activated by touch of a user, (ii) a first vibration mechanism for vibrating the operation button, and (iii) a second vibration mechanism for vibrating a main body of the operating device, the method comprising:
- controlling the first vibration mechanism and the second vibration mechanism.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.