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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Applicants:
Tetsu Numata, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Koichi Morito, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Inventors:
Tetsu Numata, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Koichi Morito, Fukushima-ken, JP;
Assignees:
ALPS Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Sony Computer Entertainment, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01C 10/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A novel game controller is provided. The game controller includes: a lower operation button supported by a rotation shaft so as to be capable of a rotating operation; a resistor arranged on an internal substrate; and a conductive member to be pressed against the resistor by a rotating operation on the lower operation button, the conductive member having elasticity. The resistor outputs an analog signal in accordance with a contact area of the conductive member, thereby realizing an analog input.