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Granted Patent B2
US 11,273,370 · App. 16/991,040 · Granted Mar 15, 2022

Operating device

Inventors: Takeshi Igarashi (Tokyo, JP); Masaho Morita (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyoshi Enomoto (Tokyo, JP); Toshimasa Aoki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
A63F13/24A63F13/21A63F13/213A63F13/23G06F3/017G06F3/0338
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,273,370
App. No.
16/991,040
Granted
Mar 15, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device ( 301 ) includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section ( 321 ) which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface ( 328 c ) adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface ( 328 c ) provided at a front surface of the central section ( 321 ). The central section ( 321 ) includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface ( 328 c ) and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface ( 328 c ).

Claims (26)

1. An operation device comprising:

a first operation area which is disposed at one of a right side or a left side with respect to a center line extending in a front-rear direction of the operation device;

a second operation area which is disposed at an opposite side of the first operation area with respect to the center line;

a touch pad which is disposed between the first operation area and the second operation area in a plan view; and

an operating button which is disposed at a position between i) the touch pad and ii) one of the first operation area and the second operation area in the plan view.

2. The operation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of operating members which are disposed in at least one of the first operation area and the second operation area,

wherein the operating button is used less frequently than the plurality of operating members.

3. The operation device according to claim 2 , wherein

the operating button is disposed on a front side in the front-rear direction relative to the plurality of operating members.

4. The operation device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

another operating button,

wherein the other operating button is disposed on the front side in the front-rear direction relative to the plurality of operating members.

5. The operation device according to claim 2 , wherein

a height of the operating button is smaller than a height of each of the plurality of operating members.

6. The operation device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

another operating button,

wherein a height of the other operating button is smaller than the height of each of the plurality of operating members.

7. The operation device according to claim 1 , wherein

the operating button is disposed adjacent to a side edge of the touch pad.

8. The operation device according to claim 7 , further comprising:

another operating button,

wherein the other operating button is disposed adjacent to another side edge of the touch pad such that the other operating button is disposed at an opposite side of the operating button with respect to the touch pad.

9. The operation device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

another operating button,

wherein the other operating button is disposed at a position between i) the touch pad and ii) another of the first operation area and the second operation area in the plan view.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-228481 · Oct 15, 2012 · national
JP 2013-029458 · Feb 18, 2013 · national
Continuity (4)
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