US 12,011,658 B2
Single unit deformable controller
Dennis Castleman, San Mateo, CA (US)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/725,827.
Prior Publication US 2023/0338829 A1, Oct. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/03 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [G06F 3/011 (2013.01); G06F 3/0317 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An assembly, comprising:
a hollow resilient deformable sphere defining an inner surface;
at least one laser projector positioned to project a grid onto the inner surface of the sphere; and
at least one sensor positioned to image the grid such that responsive to the sphere being deformed, the grid is distorted for mapping images from the sensor of distortions of the grid to input signals to a computer program.