Granted Patent B2

US 12,246,248 · App. 18/381,521 · Granted Mar 11, 2025

Inventors: Hitoshi Tsuchiya (Kyoto, JP); Fumiyoshi Suetake (Kyoto, JP); Takanori Okamura (Kyoto, JP)

Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.

A63F13/24A63F13/285A63F2300/1043

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A game controller comprising:

a front surface that faces a user when the user grips left and right grips of the game controller, a back surface opposite side to the front surface, and an upper surface that faces upward;

an upper left switch-type first button disposed on a left side of the upper surface and operable by a finger of a left hand of the user;

an upper left switch-type second button disposed on the left side of the upper surface at a position closer to the back surface than the upper left first button and operable by the finger of the left hand of the user;

an upper right switch-type first button disposed on a right side of the upper surface and operable by a finger of a right hand of the user; and

an upper right switch-type second button disposed on the right side of the upper surface at a position closer to the back surface than the upper right first button and operable by the finger of the right hand of the user, wherein

a right edge of an operation surface of the upper left first button linearly extends in a back surface direction and a left direction of the game controller,

a right edge of an operation surface of the upper left second button linearly extends in the back surface direction and the left direction of the game controller to be co-linear with the right edge of the operation surface of the upper left first button,

a left edge of an operation surface of the upper right first button linearly extends in the back surface direction and a right direction of the game controller,

a left edge of an operation surface of the upper right second button linearly extends in the back surface direction and the right direction of the game controller to be co-linear with the left edge of the operation surface of the upper right first button,

the left and right grips are tilted in the back surface direction with respect to the front surface,

a front end at the right edge of the operation surface of the upper left first button is disposed at a forefront of the operation surface of the upper left first button, and

a front end at the left edge of the operation surface of the upper right first button is located at a forefront of the operation surface of the upper right first button.

2. The game controller according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a directional pad disposed on a left side of the front surface;

a left stick disposed on an upper left side with respect to the directional pad on the front surface;

a right stick disposed on a right side of the front surface;

a set of four buttons disposed on an upper right side with respect to the right stick on the front surface;

an area provided on the front surface and surrounded by an upper end of the front surface, the directional pad, the left stick, the right stick, and the set of four buttons;

a first button disposed on a left side of the area;

a second button disposed on an upper left side with respect to the first button in the area;

a third button disposed on a right side of the area; and

a fourth button disposed on an upper right side with respect to the third button in the area.

3. The game controller according to claim 2 , wherein

the first button, the second button, the third button, and the fourth button are smaller than a single button in the set of four buttons.

4. The game controller according to claim 2 , wherein

the first button and the third button are disposed symmetrically to each other with respect to a center line extending in an up-down direction of the front surface, and

the second button and the fourth button are disposed symmetrically to each other with respect to the center line.

5. The game controller according to claim 2 , wherein

a shape of an operation surface of the first button and a shape of an operation surface of the second button are different from each other.

6. The game controller according to claim 2 , wherein

a shape of an operation surface of the third button and a shape of an operation surface of the fourth button are the same as each other.

7. The game controller according to claim 2 , wherein

shapes of operation surfaces of the second button, the third button, and the fourth button are circular, and a shape of an operation surface of the first button is quadrangular.

8. A game system comprising the game controller of claim 1 .

9. A game system comprising two game controllers of claim 1 .

10. The game controller according to claim 1 , wherein a switch of the upper left second button is disposed more in the left direction than a switch of the upper left first button and a switch of the upper right second button is disposed more in the right direction than a switch of the upper right first button.

Priority Claims (1)

Continuity (5)

References Cited (279)