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Game controller and game system

  • US 8,834,271 B2
  • Filed: 10/15/2008
  • Issued: 09/16/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An ergonomic controller configured to be grasped by a hand of a user, the controller comprising:

  • a symmetrical housing having an elongated shape comprising;

    a convex curved surface structurally dimensioned and shaped to contact a palm of a partially closed hand grasping and supporting the housing,a complex curved surface that is simultaneously convex in one dimension and concave in another dimension to define a saddle surface, the complex curved surface dimensioned, curved, and configured to trap and be supported by at least a middle finger of the grasping hand contacting the saddle surface, anda forward surface disposed between the convex curved surface and the complex curved surface, the forward surface being dimensioned and shaped to be reachable by an index finger of the grasping hand;

    an operation section positioned on the forward surface to be operated by at least the index finger of the grasping hand; and

    an output device disposed within the housing and operatively connected to the operation section, the output device outputting signals responsive at least to operation of the operation section.

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