IP Library Granted Patent US 11,065,535
Granted Patent B2
US 11,065,535 · App. 16/166,769 · Granted Jul 20, 2021

Information processing device, signal conversion method and program

Inventors: Takanori Minamino (Kanagawa, JP); Yoshiyuki Imada (Chiba, JP); Kenzo Nishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Dean Sofer (San Mateo, CA)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,065,535
App. No.
16/166,769
Granted
Jul 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is an information processing device that provides an operation signal of an analog stick to a game, including: a conversion processing unit configured to convert a detection value obtained by detection of a movement of a controller into an analog stick signal; and an output processing unit configured to provide the analog stick signal obtained by the conversion to the game. The conversion processing unit includes a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first signal from a detected angular velocity, a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second signal according to a deviation amount between a direction in which the controller is directed and a reference direction, an addition unit configured to add the first signal and the second signal to generate a motion operation signal, and an analog stick signal generation unit configured to generate an analog stick signal from the motion operation signal.

Claims (32)

1. An information processing device that provides an operation signal of an analog stick to a game, comprising:

a conversion processing unit configured to convert a detection value obtained by detection of a movement of a controller into an analog stick signal; and

an output processing unit configured to provide the analog stick signal obtained by the conversion to the game; wherein:

the conversion processing unit implementing the conversion includes:

a first calculation unit configured to calculate a first signal from a detected angular velocity,

a second calculation unit configured to calculate a second signal according to a deviation amount between a direction in which the controller is directed and a reference direction,

an addition unit configured to add the first signal and the second signal to generate a motion operation signal, and

an analog stick signal generation unit configured to generate the analog stick signal from the motion operation signal, and

wherein, when the conversion processing unit detects that recoil control is carried out in a gun shooting game, the conversion processing unit does not transmit the analog stick signal, which corresponds to the movement for tilting the controller in an upward direction, to the output processing unit after the recoil control is carried out.

2. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein, when the deviation amount exceeds a given angular threshold value, the second calculation unit calculates the second signal.

3. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein the second calculation unit integrates an angular velocity or an acceleration detected by a motion sensor to calculate the second signal.

4. The information processing device according to claim 1 , wherein

the analog stick signal is configured from an X-axis component and a Y-axis component, and

the second calculation unit calculates the second signal that is reflected on the X-axis component of the analog stick signal but does not calculate the second signal that is reflected on the Y-axis component of the analog stick signal.

5. A method for providing an operation signal of an analog stick to a game, comprising:

converting a detection value obtained by detection of a movement of a controller into an analog stick signal; and

providing the analog stick signal obtained by the converting to the game;

wherein the converting includes:

calculating a first signal from a detected angular velocity;

calculating a second signal from a deviation between a direction in which the controller is directed and a reference direction;

generating a motion operation signal by adding the first signal and the second signal; and

generating the analog stick signal from the motion operation signal,

wherein, during the converting, when recoil control is detected in a gun shooting game, the converting and the providing steps do not include transmitting the analog stick signal, which corresponds to the movement for tilting the controller in an upward direction, to the game after the recoil control is carried out.

6. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a program, which when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a method of providing an operation signal of an analog stick to a game, by carrying out actions, comprising:

converting a detection value obtained by detection of a movement of a controller into an analog stick signal; and

providing the analog stick signal obtained by the converting to the game;

wherein the converting includes:

calculating a first signal from a detected angular velocity;

calculating a second signal from a deviation between a direction in which the controller is directed and a reference direction;

generating a motion operation signal by adding the first signal and the second signal; and

generating the analog stick signal from the motion operation signal,

wherein, during the converting, when recoil control is detected in a gun shooting game, the converting and the providing steps do not include transmitting the analog stick signal, which corresponds to the movement for tilting the controller in an upward direction, to the game after the recoil control is carried out.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 7, 2020
From: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINEMENT LLC
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
Reel/Frame 051755/0409 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 22, 2018
From: MINAMINO, TAKANORI; IMADA, YOSHIYUKI; NISHIKAWA, KENZO; SOFER, DEAN
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.; SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC
Reel/Frame 047262/0516 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62580347 · Nov 1, 2017
Related Publication 20190126144A1 · May 2, 2019