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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 29, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2013
Applicant:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Akio Ikeda, Kyoto, JP;
Kuniaki Ito, Kyoto, JP;
Ryoji Kuroda, Kyoto, JP;
Genyo Takeda, Kyoto, JP;
Masahiro Urata, Kyoto, JP;
Assignee:
Nintendo Co., Ltd., Kyoto, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/20 (2013.12); A63F 13/22 (2013.12);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/20 (2014.09); A63F 13/22 (2014.09);
Abstract
A home entertainment system for video games and other applications includes a main unit and handheld controllers. The handheld controllers sense their own motion by detecting illumination emitted by emitters positioned at either side of a display. The controllers can be plugged into expansion units that customize the overall control interface for particular applications including but not limited to legacy video games.