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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 2024
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2022
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Glenn Black, San Francisco, CA (US);
Celeste Bean, San Francisco, CA (US);
Sergey Bashkirov, Salida, CA (US);
Michael Taylor, San Mateo, CA (US);
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A foot operated controller apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a ball large enough for a human to manipulate with two feet, and a support apparatus configured to support the ball from below, restrict translation of the ball and permit rotation of the ball about its center with respect to at least two axes. One or more position encoders are disposed proximate a surface of the ball. The encoder(s) are configured to determine a rotational displacement of the ball with respect to two or more axes.