Nintendo Co., Ltd.

Ryoji Kuroda

Akio Ikeda

Kuniaki Ito

Masahiro Urata

Kazuhiro Hosoi

Genyo Takeda

Takanori Okamura

Yasuyuki Shimohata

Shinji Yamamoto

Hitoshi Tsuchiya

Hiroki Ikuta

Satoru Osako

Tatsuhiro Shirai

Toru Yamashita

Xiaoming Jin

Yohei Kojima

Jumpei Wada

Kenta Sato

A non-limiting example training instrument comprises a hollow main body formed of an aluminum alloy. The main body is constituted by two gripping portions opposite to each other with a space therebetween and a coupling portion coupling the two gripping portions. A load sensor is arranged in the coupling portion inside the main body. The load sensor is a load cell, a strain gauge affixed to an interior of the main body, and a part of the main body to which the strain gauge is affixed functions as a strain body. Therefore, if a user applies a force so as to bring the two gripping portions close to each other or a force so as to move the two gripping portions away from each other, a load thereof is detected by the load sensor.

Training instrument and input device

A game operating device (controller) includes a longitudinal housing, and a holding portion held by hand to be wrapped by its palm it is formed in the housing. A direction switch is provided on an upper surface at a position where it can be operated by thumb of the hand holding the holding portion, and a start switch and a select switch are provided backward thereof. An X buttonand a Y button are further arranged in line on the upper surface of the housing. An imaging information arithmetic unit is provided at a front end of the housing in a longitudinal direction in such a manner that an imaging device thereof is exposed from a front-end surface. A concave portion is formed on a lower surface at a position corresponding to the direction switch. The concave portion includes a valley and two inclined surfaces. An A button capable of being operated by index finger of the hand holding the holding portion is provided on the backward inclined surface. By processing an image signal obtained by imaging an infrared ray from LED modules by the imaging device, it is possible to obtain an operation signal varying according to a position and/or attitude of the controller.

Game operating device

In this information processing system including a server, a communication terminal communicable with the server via the Internet, and a peripheral device capable of performing short-range wireless communication with the communication terminal, the peripheral device transmits, to the server, device identification information which is information capable of uniquely identifying the peripheral device. On the basis of the transmitted device identification information, the server determines whether the peripheral device is a peripheral device whose connection to the communication terminal is permissible, and when such connection is permissible, the server transmits connection permission information indicating that the connection to the communication terminal is permitted. Then, the peripheral device executes a setting process for enabling the connection to the communication terminal on the basis of the connection permission information.

Information processing system, peripheral device, wireless communication chip, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having application program stored therein, and information processing method

This first communication section transmits, to an authentication server, an encryption key, identification information capable of uniquely identifying a peripheral device, and signature information of the identification information. A second communication section receives data based on an authentication process performed in the authentication server on the basis of the identification information and the signature information transmitted by the first communication section, then, encrypts second data transmission request information, and transmits the encrypted request information to the authentication server. A third communication section receives second data which is encrypted and transmitted from the authentication server in response to the request information transmitted by the second communication section, then decrypts the second data, and transmits the decrypted second data to the authentication server. A communication process execution section receives third data based on a result indicating that authenticity of the second data transmitted by the third communication section has been confirmed in the authentication server, and then, performs encrypted communication with the predetermined communication device.

Peripheral device, wireless communication chip, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having application program stored therein, information processing system, and information processing method

An information processing system is provided that includes a server, a communication terminal, and a peripheral device. The peripheral device includes a secure storage section with a secure region. The secure region is accessible by internal component of the peripheral device. Certificate data is read out from the secure region and transmitted to the server. The server performs authentication, on the basis of the certificate data, regarding whether the peripheral device is a peripheral device whose connection to the communication terminal is permissible. In response to authentication of the peripheral device, execution of a process that involves transmission and reception of encrypted data is permitted between the peripheral device and the communication terminal.

Information processing system, wireless communication chip, peripheral device, server, computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having application program stored therein, and information processing method

A gaming device has a holding portion comprising a left side portion and a right side portion configured to detachably hold an electronic device that includes an input device located on a control surface of the electronic device and configured to receive user input. The gaming device includes a first input device configured to receive directional input, second through sixth input devices, a cross key configured to receive user input and located on the first surface of a left side portion, and an arrangement of four input buttons configured to receive user input and located on the first surface of the right side portion.

Game operating device with holding portion detachably holding an electronic device

An information processing apparatus is set to always obtain information, even while an application is not being executed, and effectively using the obtained information. A state of the environment in a place where the information processing apparatus is present is detected. Detection data indicating the state of the environment detected by the detection section is stored. An operation mode is switched at least between a normal mode in which power is being supplied to the application execution section and the predetermined application can be executed, and a power saving mode in which at least supply of power to the application execution section is restricted and the predetermined application cannot be executed. At least in the power saving mode, a state of the environment is detected, and detection data indicating the state of the environment detected is stored in the first storage section at predetermined time intervals.

Information processing apparatus, information processing system, and information processing method

A home entertainment system for video games and other applications includes a main unit and handheld controllers. The handheld controllers sense their own motion by detecting illumination emitted by emitters positioned at either side of a display. The controllers can be plugged into expansion units that customize the overall control interface for particular applications including but not limited to legacy video games.

Video game system with wireless modular handheld controller

An operating device has a narrow housing, and in this housing, an acceleration sensor and/or a gyro sensor are accommodated. Operation data inclusive of acceleration data and/or angular velocity data acquired from the acceleration sensor and/or the gyro sensor is transmitted by an operation data transmitter. Then, at a lower end of the housing, an elastic member having a spherical surface or substantially a spherical surface is provided.

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Kyoto, Japan

Ryoji Kuroda