公开(公告)号：US20190209919A1

公开(公告)日：2019-07-11

申请号：US16311774

申请日：2017-05-19

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Ikuo Yamano ,  Shinichi Hirata ,  Yuichi Machida ,  Yoichi Nishimaki

IPC: A63F13/24

CPC classification number: A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/211 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G05G5/03 ,  G05G5/04 ,  G05G9/047 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/0346

Abstract: An operating device includes a movable part capable of moving between a first position and a second position, with the movable part being capable of operation by the finger of the user gripping the operating device. The operating device includes a regulating part that regulates a range in which the movable part can move, and a control part that determines the amount of regulation in which the movable part can move and provides the regulating part with an instruction to regulate the range in which the movable part can move according to the amount of regulation which has been determined.

公开(公告)号：US12124630B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-22

申请号：US17425706

申请日：2019-09-10

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Yukari Konishi

IPC: H04B3/36 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16 ,  G06N20/00

CPC classification number: G06F3/016 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/165 ,  G06N20/00

Abstract: An information processing device obtains audio data, obtains, as teacher vibration data, information regarding vibration data used to vibrate a vibrating device, the vibration data being produced on a basis of the audio data, performs machine learning using the audio data and the teacher vibration data as input, and generates learned model data used to convert an audio waveform into a vibration waveform.

公开(公告)号：US11779836B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-10

申请号：US16632585

申请日：2017-08-24

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yukari Konishi ,  Yusuke Nakagawa

IPC: A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G06F3/16 ,  H04S3/00 ,  H04S7/00

CPC classification number: A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/016 ,  G06F3/165 ,  H04S3/008 ,  H04S7/30 ,  A63F2300/1037 ,  H04S2400/01 ,  H04S2400/11

Abstract: Provided is a vibration control apparatus that acquires content information about content including at least either one of video and audio to be presented to a user, and vibrates a vibration mechanism in such a manner that the user feels a pseudo force sensation defined based on the content information while the content is being presented.

公开(公告)号：US20220241684A1

公开(公告)日：2022-08-04

申请号：US17725863

申请日：2022-04-21

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Ikuo Yamano ,  Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Shinichi Hirata ,  Yuichi Machida ,  Yoichi Nishimaki

IPC: A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/23 ,  A63F13/24

Abstract: An operation device has a movable portion movable between a first position and a second position. The movable portion is operated by a user while the operation device is gripped by the user. The operation device receives information identifying a control mode and control information defined for each control mode as an instruction related to control of a tactile force sense, and controls the tactile force sense presented to the movable portion by using the received control information in the control mode identified by the received information.

公开(公告)号：US11145172B2

公开(公告)日：2021-10-12

申请号：US16500651

申请日：2017-04-18

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Ikuo Yamano

IPC: H04B3/36 ,  G08B6/00

Abstract: A vibration control apparatus that is connectable to plural types of vibrating device, that identifies the type of the vibrating device actually connected to the vibration control apparatus, of the plural types of vibrating device, that obtains property information relating to the vibration property of the identified type of vibrating device, that accepts a vibration instruction, and that causes the connected vibrating device to vibrate for the content produced by correcting the content of the accepted vibration instruction in accordance with the obtained property information.

公开(公告)号：US11130050B2

公开(公告)日：2021-09-28

申请号：US16753822

申请日：2017-10-16

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Yoichi Nishimaki ,  Yasushi Okumura ,  Shinichi Hirata ,  Takuya Kuji

IPC: A63F13/218 ,  A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/23 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: A controller device which is connected to an information processing apparatus and is to be worn on a user's hand. The controller device includes a device body to be gripped by the user, in which a sensor outputting a sensor output based on a change in a shape of a base part of the finger is disposed on the device body in a position so as to come into contact with the bases of at least some fingers of the user when the user grips the device body. The controller device receives information output from the sensor and related to the change in the shape of the base parts of the fingers of the user, and sends out the information to the connected information processing apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US20210178254A1

公开(公告)日：2021-06-17

申请号：US17184033

申请日：2021-02-24

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Ikuo Yamano ,  Shinichi Hirata ,  Yuichi Machida ,  Yoichi Nishimaki

IPC: A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/0338 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G05G5/03

Abstract: Methods and apparatus provide for controlling an operating device, wherein the operating device includes: (i) a grip part to be gripped by a user; and (ii) an operation part for activation by a finger of the user gripping the grip part, where the operation part includes: (i) a movable part capable of moving from a resting position toward another position in response to a force applied by the finger of the user, (ii) a biasing element operating to urge the movable part toward the resting position, (iii) a sensor operating to measure the force applied by the finger of the user to the movable part and produce a sensing signal therefrom, and (iv) a motorized assembly operating to receive a drive signal, and in response, apply an amount of force to the movable part in opposition to the force applied by the finger of the user, and where the drive signal is a variable dependent on variations in the sensing signal, such that the amount of force applied to the movable part in opposition to the force applied by the finger of the user provides the user with haptic feedback.

公开(公告)号：US10969867B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US16345071

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Ikuo Yamano

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/235 ,  A63F13/24 ,  A63F13/285 ,  G06F3/033 ,  G06F3/038 ,  A63F13/22

Abstract: An information processing system includes a controller device to be fastened to a user's hand and an information processing apparatus that is connected to the controller device to exchange information with the controller device. The controller device includes a vibrating element causing a housing of the controller device to vibrate, receives information indicating a vibration intensity of the vibrating element, and acquires information related to a contact area between the controller device and the user's hand so as to cause the vibrating element to vibrate. Also, the controller device or the information processing apparatus corrects information indicating the vibration intensity on a basis of information acquired by acquisition means of the controller device.

公开(公告)号：US10963055B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-30

申请号：US16344601

申请日：2017-12-07

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa

IPC: G06F3/01 ,  A63F13/285 ,  A63F13/28 ,  B06B1/02

Abstract: Provided is a control system that includes a vibration mechanism that generates a vibration and presents the vibration to a user and a control apparatus that controls the vibration mechanism. The control apparatus acquires vibration data representative of a waveform of a vibration that is to be generated by the vibration mechanism and causes the vibration mechanism to generate a vibration in accordance with corrected vibration data obtained by executing processing for reducing part of frequency components, included in the waveform represented by the acquired vibration data, other than a resonant frequency of the vibration mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US20200070047A1

公开(公告)日：2020-03-05

申请号：US16603095

申请日：2017-04-26

Applicant: Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor： Yusuke Nakagawa ,  Ikuo Yamano

IPC: A63F13/285 ,  A63F13/79 ,  G06F3/01

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vibration control apparatus that receives a vibration instruction and vibrates a vibration device in accordance with content obtained by correcting the content of the received vibration instruction, wherein the vibration control apparatus determines the correction content for vibration in accordance with a user using the vibration device.