US 11,839,808 B2
Input device
Masaho Morita, Tokyo (JP); and Hiromasu Kaburaki, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
Appl. No. 17/294,736
Filed by Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo (JP)
PCT Filed May 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/JP2019/020347
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 18, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/110350, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 4, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 2018-225449 (JP), filed on Nov. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0016520 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/215 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); H04R 1/40 (2006.01)
CPC A63F 13/215 (2014.09) [A63F 13/24 (2014.09); H04R 1/406 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An input device comprising:
a right held portion having an upper surface on which a first right operation member operated by a finger of a right hand is arranged;
a left held portion having an upper surface on which a first left operation member operated by a finger of a left hand is arranged;
a middle portion located between the right held portion and the left held portion;
a first microphone arranged inside the middle portion and located behind a center of the middle portion in a front-rear direction; and
a second microphone arranged inside the middle portion, wherein at least one of:
(i) the first microphone is directed upward, and the second microphone is directed downward, and
(ii) the first microphone is directed upward, the second microphone is directed downward, and the middle portion has an outer surface having a first sound hole formed above the first microphone and a second sound hole formed below the second microphone.