Recording medium recorded with a program that performs processing depending on a plurality of outputs from pressure-sensitive means, computer that executes the processing and method of using same

• US 20010009037A1
• Filed: 01/10/2001
• Published: 07/19/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/14/2000
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Computer Entertainment Incorporated (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Komata, Nobuhiro
• Application Number:
  US09/758,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20010009037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/133
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/10 Control of the course of the game, e.g. start, progess, end
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/218 using pressure sensors, e.g. generating a signal proportional to the pressure applied by the player
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/40 Processing input control signals of video game devices, e.g. signals generated by the player or derived from the environment
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/45 Controlling the progress of the video game
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/816 Athletics, e.g. track-and-field sports
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1056 involving pressure sensitive buttons
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/64 for computing dynamical parameters of game objects, e.g. motion determination or computation of frictional forces for a virtual car
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8005 Athletics
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/038 Control and interface arrangements therefor, e.g. drivers or device-embedded control circuitry
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0489 using dedicated keyboard keys or combinations thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04892 Arrangements for controlling cursor position based on codes indicative of cursor displacements from one discrete location to another, e.g. using cursor control keys associated to different directions or using the tab key arrangements for controlling cursor position based on coordinate signals G06F3/038
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2221/012 Joy stick type
• CPC Class Codes: H01H 2239/078 Variable resistance by variable contact area or point

Abstract

To provide an easy-to-use user interface in lieu of only pushing or holding down a simple ON/OFF switch by a user, a computer is provided that performs processing by taking as instructions an output from a controller coupled to the computer. The controller has at least two or more pressure-sensitive units, and performs data processing depending on the outputs from the two or more pressure-sensitive units.

Claims

1. A recording medium on which is recorded a computer-readable and executable software program that performs processing by taking as instructions an output from a controller which has pressure-sensitive means which senses a pushing pressure of a user on the controller, wherein said software program comprises a processing program that performs processing depending on at least two outputs of said controller.

2. The recording medium according to

claim 1

, the processing is performed depending on the rate of change per unit time of output values of said controller.

3. The recording medium according to

claim 1

, the processing is performed depending on a differential between at least two output values of said controller.

4. The recording medium according to

claim 1

wherein

said software program is a tightrope walking game, and

at the time when two pressure-sensitive means provided in the controller, are pushed by the user, a differential between two outputs of said two pressure-sensitive means is kept within a stipulated range while a further pressure-sensitive means of the controller is pushed to move a character upon a rope.

5. The recording medium according to

claim 1

, wherein

said software program is a movement game, and

at the time when two pressure-sensitive means provided in the controller, are pushed by the user, an object on a screen is moved in the x direction based on an output value of one of said two pressure-sensitive means, and the object is moved in the y direction based on an output value of another of said two pressure-sensitive means.

6. A computer that performs processing by taking as instructions an output from a controller, comprising:

said controller which includes at least two pressure-sensitive means, so that the computer performs data processing depending on two outputs from said at least two pressure-sensitive means.

7. The computer according to

claim 6

, wherein the data processing is performed depending on the rate of change per unit time of output values of said controller.

8. The computer according to

claim 6

, wherein the data processing is performed depending on a differential between at least two output values of said controller.

9. The computer according to

claim 6

, wherein

a software program used thereby is a tightrope walking game, and

at the time when two pressure-sensitive means are pushed by a user, differential between two outputs of said two pressure-sensitive means is kept within a stipulated range while a further pressure-sensitive means provided in said controller is pushed by the user to move a character on a screen upon a rope.

10. The computer according to

claim 6

, wherein

a software program used thereby is a movement game, and

at the time when two pressure-sensitive means are pushed by a user, an object on a screen is moved in the x direction based on an output value of one of said two pressure-sensitive means, and the object is moved on the screen in the y direction based on an output value of another of said two pressure-sensitive means.

11. A method of performing data processing, using a computer that performs processing by taking as instructions an output from a controller, comprising the steps of

detecting a pushing pressure of a user on the controller by at least two or more pressure-sensitive means included in said controller, and generating respective pressure-sensitive outputs;

and

performing data processing depending on the outputs from said two or more pressure-sensitive means.

12. The method according to

claim 11

, wherein,

in said data processing step, processing is performed depending on a differential between at least two output values of said controller.

13. The method according to

claim 11

, wherein

a software program used by the computer is a tightrope walking game, and

at the time when two pressure-sensitive means are pushed by the user, a differential between the outputs of said two pressure-sensitive means is kept within a stipulated range while a further pressure-sensitive means is pushed by the user to move a character on a screen upon a rope.

14. The method according to

claim 11

, wherein

a software program used by the computer is a movement game, and

at the time when two pressure-sensitive means are pushed by the user, an object on a screen is moved in the x direction based on an output value of one of said two pressure-sensitive means, and the object is moved on the screen in the y direction based on an output value of another of said two pressure-sensitive means.