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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2019
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
William Michael James Hollingsworth, London, GB;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A system includes a portable device for providing tactile feedback to a user, and a handheld games controller, the games controller including a receiving portion for securing the portable device to the games controller via the connecting portion; the portable device including a communication interface operable to receive text information, a tactile pad including a plurality of touch elements for generating a respective tactile output, a connecting portion for securing the portable device to a handheld games controller, and a processor configured to receive the text information and to control the tactile output of at least some of the touch elements based on the received text information; the handheld games controller including a touch sensitive surface; and where the portable device is positioned over the touch sensitive surface, and pressure applied by a user onto the portable device is relayed to the touch sensitive surface of the handheld games controller.
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