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US 12,324,984 · App. 18/508,378 · Granted Jun 10, 2025

Input device

Inventors: Ikuo Kobayashi (Tokyo, JP); Takeshi Igarashi (Kanagawa, JP); Masaho Morita (Tokyo, JP); Kazuyuki Suzuki (Kanagawa, JP); Akinori Ito (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
A63F13/24A63F13/21F21V33/008G06F3/0338
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Patent No.
US 12,324,984
App. No.
18/508,378
Granted
Jun 10, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An input device includes: a plurality of input members; an upper surface having a right region in which a part of the plurality of input members is disposed, a left region in which another part of the plurality of input members is disposed, and a center region that is a region between the right region and the left region; and a light emitting region formed along an outer edge of the center region. The light emitting region includes a first light emitting portion configured to indicate identification information assigned to a plurality of input devices connected to an information processing apparatus, and a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information.

Claims (34)

1. An input device comprising:

a plurality of input members;

a left holding section in which a subset of the plurality of input members are disposed;

a right holding section in which another subset of the plurality of input members are disposed;

a center section formed between the left holding section and the right holding section, wherein the center section includes:

(i) a first light emitting portion configured to emit light to indicate identification information assigned to the input device, and

(ii) a second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on further information different from the identification information, where the further information is associated with a state of the input device;

a first light source configured to cause the first light emitting portion to emit light; and

a second light source configured to cause the second light emitting portion to emit light,

wherein one of the first light source and the second light source is disposed beneath the other of the first light source and the second light source.

2. The input device according to claim 1 , wherein the second light source is located at a center in a right to left direction of the input device.

3. The input device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a plurality of the first light sources arranged in a right to left direction of the input device,

wherein the second light source is located beneath a center of the plurality of the first light sources.

4. The input device according to claim 1 , further comprising a battery, wherein the second light source overlaps with the battery in a plan view of the input device.

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

a first light source configured to cause the first light emitting portion to emit light; and a second light source configured to cause the second light emitting portion to emit light,

wherein one of the first light source and the second light source is disposed beneath the other of the first light source and the second light source.

6. An input device, comprising:

a plurality of input members;

a left holding section in which a subset of the plurality of input members are disposed;

a right holding section in which another subset of the plurality of input members are disposed;

a center section formed between the left holding section and the right holding section,

wherein the center section includes:

a first light emitting portion configured to emit light to indicate identification information assigned to the input device,

a right second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on information different from the identification information, and

a left second light emitting portion configured to emit light based on the information different from the identification information,

wherein the first light emitting portion is located between the right second light emitting portion and the left second light emitting portion.

7. The input device according to claim 6 , comprising:

a plurality of the first light emitting portions arranged in a right to left direction of the input device,

wherein the plurality of the first light emitting portions are arranged between the right and left second light emitting portions.

8. The input device according to claim 6 , further comprising:

a left actuator configured to act a force opposing to a movement of a left input button, and a right actuator configured to act a force opposing to a movement of the right input button,

wherein the first light emitting portion and the second light emitting portion are located between the left actuator and the right actuator.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-065101 · Mar 31, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18057350 · Nov 21, 2022
Continuation 17203953 · Mar 17, 2021
Related Publication 20240082702A1 · Mar 14, 2024
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