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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 09, 2014
Filed:
May. 20, 2008
Jack J. Mccauley, Danville, CA (US);
Brian Bright, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John Devecka, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Jack J. McCauley, Danville, CA (US);
Brian Bright, Woodland Hills, CA (US);
John Devecka, Budd Lake, NJ (US);
Activision Publishing, Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US);
Abstract
A music video game provides a guitar shaped video game controller with an analog control device with touch sensor. In some embodiments the analog control device is in the form of a touch sensitive pad on a neck of a guitar shaped video game compeller. In some embodiments, the analog control device may resemble additional buttons on a neck of a guitar shaped video game controller. The analog control device may be used to simulate various techniques which may be performed on strings of a guitar.