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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 16, 2017
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Yusuke Nakagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoichi Nishimaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasushi Okumura, Tokyo, JP;
Shinichi Hirata, Kanagawa, JP;
Takuya Kuji, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A controller device which is connected to an information processing apparatus and is to be worn on a user's hand. The controller device includes a device body to be gripped by the user, in which a sensor outputting a sensor output based on a change in a shape of a base part of the finger is disposed on the device body in a position so as to come into contact with the bases of at least some fingers of the user when the user grips the device body. The controller device receives information output from the sensor and related to the change in the shape of the base parts of the fingers of the user, and sends out the information to the connected information processing apparatus.