Title:
入力感度及び機能を向上させるために複数のセンサを有するコントロールスティック
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5710846
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
Systems and methods incorporating an embedded sensor in a control stick to detect the presence of an object, such as a thumb in the case of a thumb stick. A presence detect signal may be generated by the additional sensor and auto calibration logic then may automatically remove bias from the control stick in real time when the presence detect signal indicates the control stick not under the influence of a force external to the controller, and therefore at its neutral mechanical position. In further embodiments, a plurality of embedded sensors are arrayed across an exterior surface of a control stick to provide a second control stick-based positional input device. In such embodiments, tactile or proximity sensor technology may be applied to either improve precision of first positional information generated by the control stick or to control a coordinate space separate from that controlled by first position information provided by the control stick.
Inventors:
Larsen, Eric Jay.
Marks, Richard, Elle.
Mikairov, Anton
Marks, Richard, Elle.
Mikairov, Anton
Application Number:
JP2014537247A
Publication Date:
April 30, 2015
Filing Date:
October 18, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
株式会社ソニー・コンピュータエンタテインメント
International Classes:
G06F3/0338; A63F13/24
Domestic Patent References:
| JP11259228A | ||||
| JP2001228968A | ||||
| JP2009026001A | ||||
| JP2004326713A |
Foreign References:
| US6204838 | ||||
| US20040011154 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sakaki Morishita