Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Nintendo of America Inc.

Kenichiro Ashida

Masato Ibuki

Shinji Yamamoto

Akiko Suga

Junji Takamoto

Fumiyoshi Suetake

Daisuke Kumazaki

Naoya Yamamoto

Hitoshi Tsuchiya

Hirokazu Matsui

Noboru Wakitani

Takanori Okamura

Yuji Hori

Yoshitomo Goto

Takafumi Nishida

Yositomo Gotou

Shigeru Miyamoto

Genyo Takeda

Hiroki Ikuta

Yasunari Nishida

Yositomo Goto

Yasuhisa Kitano

Akio Ikeda

Kuniaki Ito

Masahiko Nishimura

Susumu Inoue

Shin Sugiyama

Yoshihiro Inoue

Kazuhiro Maruyama

Lance N Barr

Toshiaki Iwao

Sadayoshi Hattori

Hidekazu Yata

Tomoki Narita

Hiroshi Igarashi

Masahiko Ota

Kazunori Koshiishi

Naoya Kawanobe

Yoshitaka Tamura

John P Cordell

Nobutaka Nakajima

Xiaoming Jin

Yuji Kawanobe, Legal Representative

An elongated member such as a bar includes spaced-apart infrared light illumination ports at opposite ends thereof. Exemplary spacing between the two spaced-apart light ports may be 20 centimeters or more. Each light port comprises an array of plural light sources. The plural light sources in each array may be directionally aimed to as to provide different illumination directions. The plural light sources in each array may emit different colors or frequencies of light. Example applications include targeting or marking capabilities for a video game or other system handheld pointing device.

Methods and apparatus for using illumination marks for spatial pointing

An example terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, an LCD provided on the front side of the housing, analog sticks, and first and second buttons. The analog sticks are provided respectively in left and right portions of the LCD above the center of the housing. The first and second buttons are provided on the back side of the housing so as to generally correspond to the analog sticks on the front side of the housing.

Controller device and controller system

A controller cover includes a main body portion attached to an outer surface of a controller, and the main body portion includes a contacted portion where a contacted inner surface is in contact with the outer surface of the controller and a non-contacted portion where a non-contacted inner surface is not in contact with the outer surface of the controller. Elastic deforming protrusions are formed on the non-contacted inner surface. When the controller attached with the cover interferes with other thing, and the non-contacted portion of the cover is subjected to shock, the elastic deforming protrusion of the non-contacted portion is deformed to ease the shock, so that the controller and the interfering other thing are protected.

Controller cover

An example terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, an LCD, and a projecting portion (an eaves portion). The LCD is provided on the front side of the housing. The projecting portion is provided so as to project at least at left and right positions on a back side of the housing above the center of the housing.

Controller device and information processing device

An example device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, a display provided on the front side of the housing, analog sticks, an L button, and an R button. The analog sticks are provided respectively in left and right portions of the display above the center of the housing. The L button and the R button are provided on the back side of the housing so as to generally correspond to the analog sticks on the front side of the housing.

An example terminal device includes a housing, and a first terminal (e.g., a charging terminal). The housing is generally plate-shaped and includes an engagement hole formed therein. The first terminal is provided on a surface (e.g., a bottom surface) of the housing on which the engagement hole is formed. A stand, which is a support device, includes a support member, a second terminal (e.g., a charging terminal), and guide members which are rotating members. The second terminal can be connected to the first terminal of the terminal device. The support member supports a predetermined surface (e.g., a back surface) of the housing when the first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other. Each of the guide members can rotate in a predetermined direction and is provided at such a position that it is received into the engagement hole when the first terminal and the second terminal are connected to each other.

Device support system and support device

Connector plug

Stylus pen for operating touch panel

Electronic computer

An example controller system includes a terminal device, and an input device as an additional device configured to be attachable to and detachable from the terminal device. The terminal device includes a generally plate-shaped housing, and an LCDprovided on the front side of the housing. The input device includes an operation section such as a stick, a bar-shaped first grip portion, and a support portion. The support portion detachably supports the terminal device so that the screen of the LCD is in a generally vertical direction when the first grip portion is in the vertical direction.

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Kyoto, Japan

Kenichiro Ashida