US 12,390,718 B2
Game machine controller
Hiroaki Muramatsu, Kanagawa (JP); Koichiro Amano, Kanagawa (JP); and Shota Uchiyama, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to HORI CO., LTD, Kanagawa (JP)
Appl. No. 18/044,564
Filed by HORI CO., LTD., Yokohama (JP)
PCT Filed Oct. 15, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/038897
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 8, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/079851, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347238 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/235 (2014.09)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A game machine controller, comprising:
a casing to be grasped by a user by a hand;
a cross key pad mounted to the casing, the cross key pad including rod-shaped pressing members, each of the rod-shaped pressing members extending in one of four symmetrical directions from a predetermined point and being configured to receive an input when a pressing portion at a distal end thereof is pressed;
a control module configured to generate, when any one of four of the pressing portions is pressed, ON data including position data for identifying the pressing portion which has been pressed; and
an output module configured to output the ON data generated by the control module,
the game machine controller being configured to be used in combination with a game machine configured to receive the ON data as an input from the cross key pad,
the game machine controller further comprising:
a pressing amount detection sensor provided on each of the pressing portions, the pressing amount detection sensor being configured to detect a pressing amount when the pressing portion is pressed and to generate pressing amount data which is data for identifying the pressing amount;
a threshold value recording module configured to record a threshold value set by the user for the pressing amount data in association with each of the pressing portions; and
a wireless communication module configured to wirelessly receive data for recording the threshold value in the threshold value recording module, wherein the wireless communication module is configured to receive the data for recording the threshold value in the threshold value recording module from a smartphone;
wherein the control module is configured to generate, based on pressing of one of the pressing portions, the ON data when the pressing amount data received from the pressing amount detection sensor provided in the pressing portion is equal to or more than the threshold value recorded in the threshold value recording module in association with the pressing portion corresponding to the pressing amount detection sensor which has generated the pressing amount data.