US 12,013,981 B2
Vibration device, information processing apparatus, and vibration control system
Takashi Enokihara, Tokyo (JP); Takuro Sawada, Tokyo (JP); Masatoshi Nakae, Tokyo (JP); Shinya Mikami, Tokyo (JP); Kenichi Sato, Tokyo (JP); and Yoshiyuki Imada, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/613,043
Filed by SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/023591
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/255960, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-115510 (JP), filed on Jun. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0253141 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 3/016 (2013.01) [A63F 13/285 (2014.09); G06F 3/038 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hand-held game controlling device that is connectable to an information processing apparatus configured to play a video game, the hand-held game controlling device comprising:
a vibration mechanism configured to generate a plurality of vibrations,
wherein the vibration mechanism comprises two vibrators; and
processing circuitry configured to:
simultaneously receive, from the information processing apparatus, a first vibration command for a first type of vibration for the video game and a second vibration command for a second type of vibration for the video game different from the first type of vibration for the video game;
while simultaneously receiving the first and second vibration command, determine whether a switching command has been received from the information processing apparatus for the video game,
wherein the switching command is a command to switch between one of a predetermined set of vibration modes for the vibration mechanism, the predetermined set of vibration modes comprising (a) a first mode for operating the vibration mechanism based only on the first vibration command, (b) a second mode for operating the vibration mechanism based only on the second vibration command, and (c) a third mode for operating the vibration mechanism based on both of the first vibration command and the second vibration command simultaneously, the third mode being a combined vibration mode; and
upon determining that the switching command has been received, operate the vibration mechanism in accordance with the received switching command, and
upon determining that no switching command is received from the information processing apparatus, operate the vibration mechanism based only on the second type of vibration for the video game, wherein
the first vibration command comprises vibration waveform data specifying a vibration waveform shape used in the first type of vibration, and
the second vibration command consists of a numeric value specifying a vibration intensity used in the second type of vibration.