Control apparatus for controller device
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorTakuya KUJI
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Abstract
A control apparatus controls the controller device that is mounted on a hand of a user and includes a plurality of sensors exceeding the number of fingers of the user to be detected so as to detect bending and stretching of the fingers to be detected. The control apparatus identifies a width of the hand of the user, determines, on the basis of information regarding the identified width of the hand, to which sensor among the plurality of sensors each of the fingers to be detected is assigned, and uses an output of the sensor assigned to each of the fingers to be detected to identify and output a state of bending and stretching of the corresponding finger.
Claims10
A control apparatus for a controller device, the control apparatus controlling the controller device that is mounted on a hand of a user and includes a plurality of sensors exceeding the number of fingers of the user to be detected so as to detect bending and stretching of the fingers to be detected, the control apparatus comprising:
- a width identification unit that identifies a width of the hand of the user;
- an assignment determination unit that determines, on a basis of information regarding the identified width of the hand, to which sensor among the plurality of sensors each of the fingers to be detected is assigned;
- and
- a state identification unit that uses an output of the sensor assigned to each of the fingers to be detected to identify and output a state of bending and stretching of the corresponding finger.
A control apparatus for a controller device, the control apparatus controlling the controller device that is mounted on a hand of a user and includes a plurality of first sensors that detect a state of a finger of the user and a second sensor that detects the hand of the user in a state in which the user is mounted with the controller device, the control apparatus comprising:
- a determination unit that determines whether or not the controller device is mounted on the hand of the user according to a result of detection by the second sensor;
- and
- a control unit that stops operation of the plurality of first sensors in a case where the determination determines that the controller device is not mounted on the hand of the user.
A controller device that is mounted on a hand of a user, the controller device comprising:
- a plurality of first sensors that detect a state of a finger of the user;
- a second sensor that detects the hand of the user in a state in which the user is mounted with the controller device;
- and
- a fixture that fixes the controller device to the hand of the user, wherein
- the second sensor is disposed so as to define a detection range thereof on an inner side of the fixture.
A control method for a controller device, the control method controlling the controller device that is mounted on a hand of a user and includes a plurality of sensors exceeding the number of fingers of the user to be detected so as to detect bending and stretching of the fingers to be detected, the control method comprising:
- identifying a width of the hand of the user;
- determining, on a basis of information regarding the identified width of the hand, to which sensor among the plurality of sensors each of the fingers to be detected is assigned;
- and
- using an output of the sensor assigned to each of the fingers to be detected to identify and output a state of bending and stretching of the corresponding finger.
A program for controlling a controller device that is mounted on a hand of a user and includes a plurality of sensors exceeding the number of fingers of the user to be detected so as to detect bending and stretching of the fingers to be detected, the program fora computer, comprising:
- by a width identification unit, identifying a width of the hand of the user;
- by an assignment determination unit, determining, on a basis of information regarding the identified width of the hand, to which sensor among the plurality of sensors each of the fingers to be detected is assigned;
- and
- by a state identification unit, using an output of the sensor assigned to each of the fingers to be detected to identify and output a state of bending and stretching of the corresponding finger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.