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Game machine controller

  • US 6,597,342 B1
  • Filed: 11/10/1999
  • Issued: 07/22/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A game machine controller for operating a character which carries out various movements on a display screen;

  • wherein said controller is shaped in a form similar to said character and comprises a posture detector, wherein said controller is moved to operate various movements of said character on said display screen, wherein said posture detector comprises a gyroscope for detecting magnitude of rightward or leftward tilting of the controller and a converter which converts the detected movement into a signal indicative of tilting of a rightward or leftward turn of the character on the display screen, and wherein the magnitude of the riahtward/leftward tilting, an angular velocity and an angular acceleration upon tilting of the controller are converted into a signal indicative of the speed of the rightward/leftward turn of the character on the display screen.

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