US 11,925,856 B2
Controller with removable modular input control and expansion interface
Glenn Black, San Mateo, CA (US); and Alvin Daniel, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP); and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC, San Mateo, CA (US); and Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Jan. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/102,151.
Application 18/102,151 is a continuation of application No. 16/837,863, filed on Apr. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,565,173.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173380 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/22 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/22 (2014.09)] 25 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A controller device comprising;
a controller body wherein the controller body includes an interface port and a control information output port; and
a modular input control removably attachable to the controller body, wherein the modular input control includes an interface connector region and the interface connector region is configured to communicatively couple the modular input control to the interface port; and
an expansion interface wherein the controller body includes an expansion interface port and configured to couple the expansion interface with an interface slot located in the top of an expansion interface connector.