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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Kenichi Nishida, Kyoto, JP;
Tsubasa Sakaguchi, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/033 (2013.01); A63F 13/20 (2014.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); A63F 13/06 (2013.01); G06F 3/0481 (2013.01); G08C 2201/32 (2013.01);
Abstract
Motion information is obtained which is information about a motion applied to an input device housing itself including a pointing device of a plurality of input mean. Next, based on the motion information, a movement amount of the input device housing is calculated. Thereafter, it is determined whether or not the movement amount satisfies predetermined conditions. When the predetermined conditions are satisfied, a position is designated based on an output from the pointing device.