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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2008
Masahiro Urata, Kyoto, JP;
Haruki Tojo, Kyoto, JP;
Jumpei Wada, Kyoto, JP;
Junji Takamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Noboru Wakitani, Kyoto, JP;
Kuniaki Itou, Kyoto, JP;
Junpei Ueki, Kyoto, JP;
Masato Ibuki, Kyoto, JP;
Fumiyoshi Suetake, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Urata, Kyoto, JP;
Haruki Tojo, Kyoto, JP;
Jumpei Wada, Kyoto, JP;
Junji Takamoto, Kyoto, JP;
Noboru Wakitani, Kyoto, JP;
Kuniaki Itou, Kyoto, JP;
Junpei Ueki, Kyoto, JP;
Masato Ibuki, Kyoto, JP;
Fumiyoshi Suetake, Kyoto, JP;
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Abstract
An expanding operating device has a first connector, a second connector and a sensor. The first connector has a first shape physically and electrically connectable with a connector provided with an operating device. Thus, by connecting the first connector to the connector of the operating device, the expanding operating device can be used with the operating device as a single unit, which eventually adds the sensor to the operating device. On the other hand, the second connector has a second shape connectable with a connector with the first shape. This allows a connector conventionally connected to the connector of another operating device to be also connected with the second connector. Accordingly, if the connector of another device is connected to the second connector in a state that the first connector is connected to the connector of the operating device, the another device is eventually connected to the operating device via the expanding operating device.