US 11,998,835 B2
Operating device
Takeshi Igarashi, Tokyo (JP); Masaho Morita, Tokyo (JP); Kazuyoshi Enomoto, Tokyo (JP); and Toshimasa Aoki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 25, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/201,759.
Application 18/201,759 is a continuation of application No. 17/692,205, filed on Mar. 11, 2022, granted, now 11,779,834.
Application 17/692,205 is a continuation of application No. 16/991,040, filed on Aug. 12, 2020, granted, now 11,273,370, issued on Mar. 15, 2022.
Application 16/991,040 is a continuation of application No. 16/714,816, filed on Dec. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,765,937, issued on Sep. 8, 2020.
Application 16/714,816 is a continuation of application No. 15/663,829, filed on Jul. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,507,386, issued on Dec. 17, 2019.
Application 15/663,829 is a continuation of application No. 14/435,744, granted, now 9,789,395, issued on Oct. 17, 2017, previously published as PCT/JP2013/069064, filed on Jul. 11, 2013.
Claims priority of application No. 2012-228481 (JP), filed on Oct. 15, 2012; and application No. 2013-029458 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0293982 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/21 (2014.01); A63F 13/213 (2014.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/21 (2014.09); A63F 13/213 (2014.09); A63F 13/23 (2014.09); G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating device comprising:
an upper surface; and
a lower surface connected to the upper surface,
wherein the upper surface is located in a first direction of the operating device with respect to the lower surface and the lower surface is located in a second direction, which is opposite of the first direction of the operating device with respect to the upper surface;
wherein the lower surface comprises a bulging part which bulges in the second direction; and
wherein the bulging part comprises an insertion port, wherein the insertion port is configured to receive an insertion in a third direction which is normal to the first direction and the second direction.