# US 2021/0342003 A1 · Control apparatus for controller device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0342003 A1 - Document ID: US20210342003A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/283,586 - Filed: 2018-10-19 - Published: 2021-11-04 - Earliest claimed: 2018-10-19 - Assignees: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Applicants: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. - Inventors: Takuya KUJI - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210342003A1 ## CPC - G06F 3/014: {Hand-worn input/output arrangements, e.g. data gloves} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The control apparatus for the controller device according to claim 1, wherein the width identification unit identifies the width of the hand of the user on a basis of sensors that have detected the fingers of the user among the plurality of sensors in a state in which the user grips the controller device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The control apparatus for the controller device according to claim 2, wherein the width identification unit identifies the width of the hand of the user and identifies sensors corresponding to fingers on both ends in a width direction of the hand of the user among the fingers to be detected, and the assignment determination unit assigns a sensor associated with the identified sensors corresponding to the fingers on both ends in a predetermined table, to a finger to be detected other than the fingers on both ends. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The control apparatus for the controller device according to claim 1, wherein the state identification unit identifies, on a basis of the output of the sensor assigned to each of the fingers to be detected and information regarding the width of the hand identified by the width identification unit, the state of bending and stretching of the corresponding finger. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The control apparatus for the controller device according to claim 1, wherein the state identification unit identifies, on a basis of outputs of the sensor assigned to each of the fingers to be detected and a sensor not assigned to the fingers to be detected, an opening degree of the corresponding finger in a direction intersecting a bending and stretching direction of the corresponding finger, and outputs the opening degree. ### Claim 6 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. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The control apparatus for the controller device according to claim 6, wherein the control unit operates the second sensor at a lower frequency during a period in which the operation of the plurality of first sensors is stopped than during a period in which the plurality of first sensors are operated. ### Claim 8 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. ### Claim 9 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. ### Claim 10 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.