Video game system providing physical sensation
First Claim
1. A video game system comprising:
- one or more hand-held player controllers operable by players to generate video game control signals, each hand-held player controller having a selectively driven vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing thereof; and
a video game program executing system which executes a video game program, the video game program executing system comprising controller connectors which connect to the hand-held player controllers and a controller control circuit including a transmission circuit which transmits data to hand-held player controllers connected to the controller connectors, wherein the video game program executed by the video game program executing system comprises video game instructions, the video game instructions including at least one instruction for causing the video game program executing system to transmit command data via the transmission circuit to drive the vibration source of one or more of the hand-held player controllers so as to generate vibrations for vibrating the housings thereof.
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Abstract
A video game system includes hand-held player controllers operable by players to generate video game control signals, each hand-held player controller having a selectively driven vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing thereof. A video game program executing system executes a video game program. The video game program executing system includes controller connectors which, in use, connect to the hand-held player controllers and a controller control circuit including a transmission circuit which transmits data to hand-held player controllers connected to the controller connectors. The video game program executed by the video game program executing system includes video game instructions, the video game instructions including at least one instruction for causing the video game program executing system to transmit command data via the transmission circuit to drive the vibration source of one or more of the hand-held player controllers so as to generate vibrations for vibrating the housings thereof.
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25 Claims
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1. A video game system comprising:
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one or more hand-held player controllers operable by players to generate video game control signals, each hand-held player controller having a selectively driven vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing thereof; and
a video game program executing system which executes a video game program, the video game program executing system comprising controller connectors which connect to the hand-held player controllers and a controller control circuit including a transmission circuit which transmits data to hand-held player controllers connected to the controller connectors, wherein the video game program executed by the video game program executing system comprises video game instructions, the video game instructions including at least one instruction for causing the video game program executing system to transmit command data via the transmission circuit to drive the vibration source of one or more of the hand-held player controllers so as to generate vibrations for vibrating the housings thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A video game system comprising:
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one or more hand-held controllers operable by players to generate video game control signals, each hand-held player controller having a selectively driven vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing thereof; and
a video game program executing system which executes a video game program, the video game program executing system comprising controller connectors which connect to the hand-held player controllers and a controller control circuit including a transmission circuit which transmits data to hand-held player controllers connected to the controller connectors, wherein the video game program executed by the video game program executing system comprises video game instructions, the video game instructions including at least one instruction for causing the video game program executing system to transmit command data via the transmission circuit to drive the vibration source of one or more of the hand-held player controllers so as to generate vibrations for vibrating the housings thereof;
wherein the controller control circuit further comprises a reception circuit for receiving data from the hand-held player controllers, wherein the controller control circuit further comprises a memory which temporarily stores data transmitted to and received from the hand-held player controllers, wherein the controller control circuit further comprises a data transfer control circuit which controls read/write operations of the memory, and wherein the data transfer control circuit comprises a parallel-to-serial conversion circuit and a serial-to-parallel conversion circuit.
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15. A video game system comprising:
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one or more hand-held player controllers operable by players to generate video game control signals, each hand-held player controller having a selectively driven vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing thereof; and
a video game program executing system which executes a video game program, the video game program executing system comprising controller connectors which connect to the hand-held player controllers and a controller control circuit including a transmission circuit which transmits data to hand-held player controllers connected to the controller connectors, wherein the video game program executed by the video game program executing system comprises video game instructions, the video game instructions including instructions for causing the video game program executing system to transmit command data via the transmission circuit to drive the vibration source of one or more of the hand-held player controllers in accordance with vibration patterns for vibrating the housings thereof. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A video game system comprising:
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a video game program executing system for executing video game programs in which commands are generated for providing physical sensations to a player; and
at least one hand-held controller operatively connected to the video game program executing system for generating video game control signals, the hand-held controller comprising a housing having two or more protruding portions that protrude from a main body portion, each protruding portion configured to be grasped by a hand, and a vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing of the hand-held controller in response to the commands generated by the video game program executing system. - View Dependent Claims (23)
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24. A hand-held controller for use with a video game program executing system that executes video game programs of the type in which commands are generated for providing physical sensations to a player, the hand-held controller comprising:
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a housing having two or more protruding portions that protrude from a main body portion, each protruding portion configured to be grasped by a hand;
a vibration source arranged to generate vibrations for vibrating a housing of the hand-held controller in response to the commands generated by the video game program executing system. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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