US 12,109,487 B2
Operation device and method for controlling the same
Yusuke Nakagawa, Kanagawa (JP); Ikuo Yamano, Tokyo (JP); Shinichi Hirata, Kanagawa (JP); Yuichi Machida, Kanagawa (JP); and Yoichi Nishimaki, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Nov. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/053,900.
Application 18/053,900 is a continuation of application No. 17/184,033, filed on Feb. 24, 2021, granted, now 11,524,226.
Application 17/184,033 is a continuation of application No. 16/311,774, granted, now 10,967,253, issued on Apr. 6, 2021, previously published as PCT/JP2017/018914, filed on May 19, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2016-146603 (JP), filed on Jul. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0201712 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); G05G 5/03 (2008.04); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.01); A63F 13/235 (2014.01); G05G 9/047 (2006.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)
CPC A63F 13/24 (2014.09) [A63F 13/285 (2014.09); G05G 5/03 (2013.01); G06F 3/01 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); A63F 13/211 (2014.09); A63F 13/235 (2014.09); G05G 9/047 (2013.01); G05G 2009/04774 (2013.01); G05G 9/04788 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An operating device comprising:
a grip part to be gripped by a user;
an operation part for activation by a finger of the user gripping the grip part, wherein the operation part includes a movable part capable of moving within a movement range from a resting position to another position in response to a force applied by the finger of the user;
a regulating mechanism operating to variably adjust the movement range of the movable portion in response to a motorized assembly operating to receive a drive signal and apply a force to the movable part in an opposite direction of the force applied by the finger of the user; and
a control circuit operating to: (i) determine an amount of restriction of the movement range of the movable portion as a function of temporal changes in the force applied by the finger of the user to the movable part, (ii) output the drive signal to the motorized assembly to provide a temporal adjustment in the amount of restriction of the movement range of the movable portion, (iii) determine whether or not the temporal adjustment in the amount of restriction is within a predetermined range based the amount of restriction of the movement range determined over a predetermined past time period, and (iv) adjust the amount of restriction of the movement range and the drive signal based on the determination.