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Granted Patent B2
US 10,441,878 · App. 15/422,915 · Granted Oct 15, 2019

Game controller

Inventors: Kazumasa Kaneko (Kyoto, JP); Takanori Okamura (Kyoto, JP); Masaya Yamaguchi (Kyoto, JP)
Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
A63F13/235A63F13/24A63F13/245A63F13/95H01Q1/24H01Q7/00
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Patent No.
US 10,441,878
App. No.
15/422,915
Granted
Oct 15, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example of a game controller includes within a housing a first substrate on a front surface and a second substrate on a back surface. On a front surface of the first substrate, switches for various operation buttons are provided, and on a back surface of the first substrate, an NFC antenna is provided. Further, on a second substrate, a control circuit for controlling contactless communication performed using the NFC antenna, a control circuit for controlling operation data indicating whether or not the operation buttons are pressed, and the like are placed.

Claims (22)

1. A game controller capable of reading data from an external storage device through contactless communication, the game controller comprising:

a housing;

a first electrical substrate in the housing and including a front surface and a back surface, wherein a first electrical component is on the front surface and a second electrical component is on the back surface; and

a second electrical substrate in the housing closer to a back surface of the game controller than the first electrical substrate, wherein

an antenna configured for the contactless communication is on the back surface of the first electrical substrate, and

a switch for detecting an operation on an operation button is on the front surface of the first electrical substrate at a position corresponding to a region included in the housing and surrounded by the antenna.

2. The game controller according to claim 1 , wherein

a control circuit configured to control the contactless communication is on the second electrical substrate.

3. The game controller according to claim 1 , wherein

an analog stick is on a front surface of the second electrical substrate.

4. The game controller according to claim 1 , wherein

when the first electrical substrate and the second electrical substrate are projected onto a plane parallel with a front of the game controller, the projected first electrical substrate overlaps at least a part of the projected second electrical substrate.

5. The game controller according to claim 1 , wherein

when the switch and the antenna are projected onto a plane parallel with a front of the game controller, the projected switch is in a region surrounded by the projected antenna.

6. The game controller according to claim 1 , further comprising a second antenna configured to transmit data to a game apparatus.

7. A game controller capable of reading data from an external storage device through contactless communication, the game controller comprising:

a first substrate provided in a housing; and

a second substrate provided in the housing and placed closer to a back surface of the game controller than the first substrate is, wherein

an antenna used for the contactless communication is placed on the first substrate,

the antenna is placed on a back surface of the first substrate,

a switch for detecting an operation on an operation button is provided on a front surface of the first substrate, and

the switch is placed at a position corresponding to a region included in the housing and surrounded by the antenna.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2017
From: KANEKO, KAZUMASA; OKAMURA, TAKANORI; YAMAGUCHI, MASAYA
To: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041158/0979 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-116698 · Jun 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170354868A1 · Dec 14, 2017
Cited By (2)
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