Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Game controller
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Application No.: US16400599Application Date: 2019-05-01
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Publication No.: US10596457B2Publication Date: 2020-03-24
- Inventor: Masaya Takei , Shinta Minagawa , Kazuhiro Maruyama , Kohei Odanaka
- Applicant: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
- Applicant Address: JP Kyoto
- Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: NINTENDO CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kyoto
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Priority: JP2018-101076 20180525; JP2018-101077 20180525; JP2018-101078 20180525; JP2018-101079 20180525
- Main IPC: A63F13/24
- IPC: A63F13/24 ; A63F13/211 ; G06F3/01

Abstract:
An example game controller includes a spherical housing, a joystick, an operation button, a vibrator, and an antenna. The housing includes a first hemispherical portion and a second hemispherical portion. The joystick is on a boundary between the first hemispherical portion and the second hemispherical portion. The vibrator is inside the second hemispherical portion and configured to generate a vibration to vibrate the housing. The antenna is inside the first hemispherical portion, the antenna configured to transmit, to outside, information regarding an operation on the joystick and information regarding an operation of the operation button.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190358533A1 GAME CONTROLLER Public/Granted day:2019-11-28
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