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Granted Patent B2
US 11,813,518 · App. 17/284,054 · Granted Nov 14, 2023

Information processing system, controller apparatus, information processing apparatus, and program

Inventors: Kiyotaka Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Shin Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyoshi Enomoto (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Igarashi (Kanagawa, JP); Tsubasa Umeki (Saitama, JP); Masaaki Tonogai (Chiba, JP); Isao Okuyama (Chiba, JP); Takuro Sawada (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/214A63F13/22A63F13/24G06F3/011
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Patent No.
US 11,813,518
App. No.
17/284,054
Granted
Nov 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a controller apparatus mounted on a hand of a user, the controller apparatus including a controller body, first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors; buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors.

Claims (24)

1. An information processing system comprising:

a controller apparatus that is mounted on a hand of a user; and

an information processing apparatus,

the controller apparatus including

a controller body,

first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors,

buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and

a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors, wherein

the information processing apparatus receives detection results of the first sensors and the second sensors and executes a process of determining a mounted state of the controller apparatus based on the detection results of the first sensors and the second sensors.

2. A controller apparatus mounted on a hand of a user, the controller apparatus comprising:

a controller body;

first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors;

buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers; and

a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors.

3. The controller apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the first sensors are arranged at positions corresponding to base parts of the plurality of fingers of the user when the user grasps the controller body.

4. An information processing apparatus connected to a controller apparatus, the controller apparatus including

first sensors arranged at positions on a controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors,

buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and

a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors, the information processing apparatus comprising:

means for receiving detection results of the first sensors and the second sensors; and

means for executing a process of determining a mounted state of the controller apparatus based on the detection results of the first sensors and the second sensors.

5. A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium containing a computer program, which when executed by an information processing apparatus connected to a controller apparatus, the controller apparatus including first sensors arranged at positions on a controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors, buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors, causes the information processing apparatus to carry out actions, comprising:

receiving detection results of the first sensors and the second sensors; and

executing a process of determining a mounted state of the controller apparatus based on the detection results of the first sensors and the second sensors.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2021
From: ISHIKAWA, KIYOTAKA; KIMURA, SHIN; ENOMOTO, KAZUYOSHI; IGARASHI, TAKESHI; UMEKI, TSUBASA; TONOGAI, MASAAKI; OKUYAMA, ISAO; SAWADA, TAKURO
To: SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC.
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Continuity (1)
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