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US 9,364,749 B2Granted
Operation element and operation device
AssigneesSony Corporation, Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorTakeshi Yamagishi
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Abstract
An operation element has an operation body displaced according to pressing operation, a detection body that is pressed according to displacement of the operation body and detects the displacement of this operation body, and an interposed body interposed between the operation body and the detection body. Of these, the interposed body has an enclosing body in which a dilatant fluid is enclosed. The enclosing body has flexibility.
Claims4
A controller for an information processing system, comprising:
- an operation element for receiving a pressing force from a pressing operation by a user representing input information to the information processing system, the operation element comprising:
- an operation body displaced according to the pressing operation;
- a detection body that is pressed according to displacement of the operation body and detects the displacement of the operation body;
- and
- an interposed body interposed between the operation body and the detection body, the interposed body having an enclosing body in which a dilatant fluid is enclosed, the enclosing body having flexibility,
- wherein the dilatant fluid operates to provide a different feeling to the user based upon whether the operation body is pressed quickly or slowly, including that:
- (i) when the operation body is pressed quickly, a stroke of the operation body is short and the pressing force is transmitted to the detection body rapidly;
- and (ii) when the operation body is pressed slowly, the stroke of the of the operation body is longer, and the pressing force is transmitted to the detection body slowly.
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