Operating device

• US 9,789,395 B2
• Filed: 07/11/2013
• Issued: 10/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Igarashi, Takeshi, Morita, Masaho, Enomoto, Kazuyoshi, Aoki, Toshimasa
• Primary Examiner(s): Elisca, Pierre E
• Application Number:
  US14/435,744
• Publication Number:
  US 20150290534A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,559 Days
• Field of Search: 463 37, 463 38, 273148 B
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/21 characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/23 for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/24 Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0338 with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks

Abstract

In order to reduce influences of light from indoor lighting equipment or the like on the accuracy in detecting the position of an operating device, an operating device includes: left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of which is provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof; a central section which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and a light emitting surface adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface provided at a front surface of the central section. The central section includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface.

Claims

1. An operating device comprising:

left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of the left and right hold sections being provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof;

a central section which is a section between the left and right hold sections; and

a light emitting surface adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting surface being provided at a front surface of the central section,

wherein the central section includes a portion which is located over the light emitting surface and is located on a more forward side than the light emitting surface.

2. The operating device according to claim 1,

wherein the light emitting surface is a flat surface oriented obliquely downward.

3. The operating device according to claim 2,

wherein the portion of the central section includes a surface which extends obliquely upward and forward from an upper edge of the light emitting surface.

4. The operating device according to claim 2,

wherein a connector to which a terminal of a cable is to be connected is provided at a front surface of the central section, the connector being located under the light emitting surface.

5. The operating device according to claim 1,

wherein a light source is disposed on an inner side of the light emitting surface, and

the central section is so configured that light of the light source leaks through an upper surface thereof.

6. An operating device comprising:

left and right hold sections to be held by a user, each of the left and right hold sections being provided with an operating member at an upper surface thereof;

a central section which is a section between the left and right hold sections;

a light emitting panel having at a front surface thereof a light emitting surface adapted to emit light to be captured by an information processing apparatus through a camera, the light emitting panel being provided at a front surface of the central section;

a light source disposed inside the central section, the light source disposed in a position spaced apart rearward from the light emitting panel; and

a light guide member extending from the light source toward a back surface of the light emitting panel,

wherein the light guide member has left and right side surfaces so inclined that the width of the light guide member in a left-right direction gradually increases along a forward direction.

7. The operating device according to claim 6,

wherein the light guide member includes a first portion extending forward from the light source, a second portion disposed along the back surface of the light emitting panel, and a bent portion formed between the first portion and the second portion.

8. The operating device according to claim 7,

wherein the first portion and the second portion are so disposed that an obtuse angle is formed therebetween.