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US 8,834,271 B2Granted
Game controller and game system
AssigneeNintendo Co., Ltd.
InventorAkio Ikeda
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Abstract
A first control unit includes a first operation data generation section for generating first operation data in accordance with a motion of a first control unit body included in the first control unit. A second control unit includes a second operation data generation section for generating second operation data in accordance with a direction input operation performed by a player or a motion of a second control unit body included in the second control unit. Further, one of the first control unit and the second control unit includes a transmission section for transmitting the first operation data and the second operation data to a computer at a predetermined timing.
Claims28
An ergonomic controller configured to be grasped by a hand of a user, the controller comprising:
- a symmetrical housing having an elongated shape comprising:
- a convex curved surface structurally dimensioned and shaped to contact a palm of a partially closed hand grasping and supporting the housing,
- a complex curved surface that is simultaneously convex in one dimension and concave in another dimension to define a saddle surface, the complex curved surface dimensioned, curved, and configured to trap and be supported by at least a middle finger of the grasping hand contacting the saddle surface, and
- a forward surface disposed between the convex curved surface and the complex curved surface, the forward surface being dimensioned and shaped to be reachable by an index finger of the grasping hand;
- an operation section positioned on the forward surface to be operated by at least the index finger of the grasping hand;
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- an output device disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the operation section, the output device outputting signals responsive at least to operation of the operation section.
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A controller, comprising:
- an elongated housing including a head portion and a body portion adjacent to the head portion, the housing further including a top curved surface having a convex curvature, a bottom curved surface opposed to the top curved surface and having a convex curvature and a concave curvature, and a front curved surface substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces in the head portion of the housing and having a convex curvature;
- a first operation button section provided on the front curved surface of the housing, the first operation button section outputs, as operation data, data based on an operation performed through the first operation button section;
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- an output device disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the first operation button section, the output device outputting signals responsive at least to operation of the first operation button section,
- the concave curvature and the convex curvature of the bottom curved surface sharing a saddle point of the bottom curved surface and being bisected by a plane of symmetry, and
- the front curved surface meeting the bottom curved surface at a first edge and the front curved surface meeting the top curved surface at a second edge oppositely located to the first edge.
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A controller arrangement, comprising:
- a core unit, comprising:
- a housing having a parallelepiped shape extending in a longitudinal direction, the housing having a top surface and a bottom surface, and
- an operation section having at least a direction input section provided at a front part of the top surface of the housing, for allowing a user to designate a direction and outputs, as the operation data, at least data based on the direction designated through the direction input section;
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- a sub unit operatively coupled to the core unit, the sub unit comprising:
- an elongated housing including a head portion and a body portion adjacent to the head portion, the housing further including a top curved surface having a convex curvature, a bottom curved surface opposed to the top curved surface and having a convex curvature and a concave curvature, and a front curved surface substantially perpendicular to the top and bottom surfaces in the head portion of the housing and having a convex curvature;
- a first operation button section provided on the front curved surface of the housing, the first operation button section outputs, as operation data, data based on an operation performed through the first operation button section;
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- an output device disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the first operation button section, the output device outputting signals responsive at least to operation of the first operation button section,
- the concave curvature and the convex curvature of the bottom curved surface sharing a saddle point of the bottom curved surface and being bisected by a plane of symmetry, and
- the front curved surface meeting the bottom curved surface at a first edge and the front curved surface meeting the top curved surface at a second edge oppositely located to the first edge.
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