Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Kabushiki Kaisha Sega Enterprises

Tok Corporation

Shin Kimura

Kazuyoshi Enomoto

Takuro Sawada

Masaaki Tonogai

Kiyotaka Ishikawa

Nobuyuki Kihara

Takeshi Igarashi

Takashi Enokihara

Isao Okuyama

Tsubasa Umeki

Tetsuro Horikawa

Junichiro Akiba

Takafumi Ogura

Kojiro Matsuyama

Disclosed is an operation device including an interaction member, a microphone, a control circuit, and an audio signal processing circuit. The interaction member is used for interacting with a user. The control circuit periodically acquires scan data indicating the acting status of the interaction member. The audio signal processing circuit executes a noise removal process of removing noise from a collected audio signal collected by the microphone. The control circuit periodically transmits previously acquired scan data to the audio signal processing circuit. The audio signal processing circuit executes the noise removal process by using the scan data transmitted from the control circuit.

Operation device

Provided is a controller apparatus mounted on a hand of a user, the controller apparatus including a controller body, first sensors arranged at positions on the controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user comes into contact when the user grasps the controller body, the first sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the first sensors; buttons that are arranged at positions where fingertips of the user reach and that is operated by corresponding fingers, and a plurality of second sensors arranged between the first sensors and the buttons and on surfaces of the buttons, the second sensors configured to detect displacement in spatial position between the plurality of fingers of the user and the second sensors.

Information processing system, controller apparatus, information processing apparatus, and program

A controller apparatus attached to a hand of a user and having a plurality of sensors, the controller apparatus includes: a determination section configured to determine whether or not each of the sensors meets a predetermined condition specifying that a finger of the user is not touching the sensor; and a calibration section configured to calibrate the sensor found to meet the predetermined condition as a result of the determination.

Controller apparatus, method of controlling controller apparatus, and program

Provided is a controller apparatus worn on a user's hand that includes a first sensor disposed at a position on a controller body where a plurality of fingers of the user come into contact with the controller body when the user grips the controller body and detects spatial positional displacement between the plurality of respective fingers of the user and itself and a second sensor disposed in an area on the controller body that comes into contact with the plurality of fingers of the user when the user grips the controller body, the area being different from the area where the first sensor is disposed, and detects spatial positional displacement between the plurality of respective fingers of the user and itself, in which the first sensor has a higher sensitivity setting than the second sensor.

Controller apparatus, control method thereof, and program

Rod fixing device with the same force irrespective of whether movement of a rod is up or down. A locking mechanism moves with a first rod inside a second rod and a stopper having a contacting surface portion contacting an inner circumferential surface of the second rod. A holder which rotatably holds the stopper so that the contacting surface portion contacts the inner circumferential surface of the second rod, and a spring imparts the stopper with a forces generating a fixing frictional force between the first rod and the second rod by causing the contacting surface portion to come into contact with the inner circumferential surface of the second rod. Movement of the first rod toward one side causes the contacting surface portion to rotate toward a side separating from the inner circumferential surface of the second rod, and movement of the first rod toward the other side is a movement against the fixing frictional force.

Rod fixing device, and telescopic rod unit employing same

An image processor for displaying a predetermined moving figure includes a reference point memory for storing data on a plurality of reference points; each reference point is for displaying the figure in according to a series of movements of the figure. The image processor also includes, a control point memory for storing data for a plurality of control point. Each control point is for determining another position of the figure relative to each reference point. The image processor also includes, an operation unit for outputting a movement command to the figure and an image display unit for performing an image process to display the figure in an area of a coordinate system determined by the reference point and the control point in accordance with the movement command. When the control point is changed to another position, the position and disposition of the figure in the predetermined coordinate system are immediately calculated.

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Tokyo, Japan

Shin Kimura