Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Player-actuated control structure
Reexamination Certificate
1999-02-17
2001-12-04
Harrison, Jessica J. (Department: 3713)
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Player-actuated control structure
Reexamination Certificate
active
06325719
ABSTRACT:
TECHNICAL FIELD
The present invention relates to a controller for a game machine which is connected to a game machine through a wired equipment or a wireless equipment and is provided with an input operating part which can be operated by a player.
BACKGROUND
For instance, controllers for home television game machines or the like are usually equipped with six or more switches, respectively. Most of them adopt a direct push-button type as an input form for turning on/off these switches. However, with the controller of the push button type for performing an input operation, when the handle of a car game is steered or the reel of a fishing game is manipulated, these movements are too different from actual movements, so that it is hard to enjoy these games as much as possible. Thus, in order to meet this problem, an exclusively used controller has been provided depending on the kinds of games.
PROBLEMS TO BE SOLVED BY THE INVENTION
However, the exclusively used controller has been necessarily limited to a specific game or to games similar thereto with inconvenience.
Therefore, by taking the conventional circumstances mentioned above into consideration, it is an object of the present invention to provide a controller for a game machine by which a car game or a fishing game or the like can be enjoyed from the viewpoint of sense of operation and which is rich in generalization.
DISCLOSURE OF THE INVENTION
For achieving the above mentioned object, according to the present invention, there is provided a controller for a game machine connected to a game machine through a wired equipment or a wireless equipment and provided with an input operating part to be operated by a player, the controller for a game machine comprising: a circular operating part rotatably mounted on a controller main body as a part of the input operating part; a data input means driven according to and connected to the circular operating part for inputting data in accordance with the rotation thereof; and a counterforce (reactive force) urging means driving and connected to the circular operating part for urging a counterforce relative to the rotation of the circular operating part.
In this connection, it is preferable that the counterforce urging means may turn on or off its counterforce to be urged to the circular operating part.
Further, the counterforce urging means may effectively vary the magnitude of the counterforce to be urged to the circular operating part.
Furthermore, the above described counterforce urging means may be preferably provided with a driving motor driving and connected to the circular operating part and a motor control part for controlling the rotation of the driving motor.
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Fukawa Takashi
Onoda Hiroyuki
Faegre & Benson LLP
Harrison Jessica J.
Namco Ltd.
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