IP Library Granted Patent US 8,082,121
Granted Patent B2
US 8,082,121 · App. 11/855,901 · Granted Dec 20, 2011

Information processing device, information processing method, and information storage medium

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Patent No.
US 8,082,121
App. No.
11/855,901
Granted
Dec 20, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing device acquires an output value in accordance with a state in which an operating device is held, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined first holding state of the operating device as a first reference value, acquires the output value in accordance with a predetermined second holding state of the operating device, different from the first holding state, as a second reference value, and calculates a state value indicative of the state in which the operating device is held, which is in accordance with the acquired output value, based on the first reference value and the second reference value.

Claims (19)

1. An information processing device, comprising:

output value acquiring means for acquiring an output value of a sensor in accordance with a physical posture in which an operating device is held;

first reference value acquiring means for acquiring the output value of the sensor in accordance with a predetermined first physical holding posture of the operating device as a first reference value;

second reference value acquiring means for acquiring the output value of the sensor in accordance with a predetermined second physical holding posture of the operating device, different from the first physical holding posture, as a second reference value; and

state value calculation means for calculating a state value indicative of the physical posture in which the operating device is held, which is in accordance with the acquired output value, based on the first reference value and the second reference value.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the state value calculation means calculates the state value such that a difference between a state value indicative of the first physical holding posture and a state value indicative of the second physical holding posture becomes a predetermined value.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising

third reference value acquiring means for acquiring the output value in accordance with a predetermined third physical holding posture of the operating device between the first physical holding posture and the second physical holding posture, as a third reference value,

wherein

the state value calculation means calculates the state value based on the third reference value such that a state value indicative of the third physical holding posture becomes a predetermined value.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the state value calculation means corrects the state value such that the state value calculated is included in a range between a predetermined upper limit value and a predetermined lower limit value.

5. The information processing device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

application execution means for executing an application program for carrying out a process in accordance with the physical posture in which the operating device is held;

state value acquiring means for acquiring state values calculated by the state value calculation means every predetermined period of time as a state value array;

parameter set holding means for holding a plurality of parameter sets including at least one parameter for use in a predetermined filtering process;

parameter set selection means for selecting one parameter set from among the plurality of held parameter sets, according to an instruction from the application execution means; and

filtering means for carrying out the predetermined filtering process relative to the acquired state value array, using the selected parameter set,

wherein

the application execution means carries out a process using the state value acquired as a result of the filtering process.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2012
From: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 028091/0537 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 19, 2012
From: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
To: SONY NETWORK ENTERTAINMENT PLATFORM INC.
Reel/Frame 028072/0432 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 8, 2008
From: FUKUSHIMA, NORIYUKI; HIRATA, SHINICHI; KAGEYAMA, KOJI
To: SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 020484/0179 →