U.S. patent application number 11/714183 was filed with the patent office on 2008-09-11 for interactive playstation controller.
Invention is credited to Wei Hsu.
Application Number | 20080220865 11/714183 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 39742184 |
Filed Date | 2008-09-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20080220865 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Hsu; Wei |
September 11, 2008 |
Interactive playstation controller
Abstract
An interactive playstation controller includes a housing; a
linear button set, a mode-switching digital button set, a battery
pack, a cable connector and a physiological reaction sensing button
set disposed on an exterior of the housing; and an integrated
circuit embedded in the housing. The physiological reaction sensing
button set includes a heartbeat signal sensor, a humidity sensor, a
grip strength sensor and a voice sensor so as to momentarily sense
body and physiological condition variations of a player when he or
she is playing a game, and the sensed variations are fed back to a
game host. Then, a program in the host properly responds with the
sensed variations so as to achieve the object and the effect of
man-machine interaction.
Inventors: |
Hsu; Wei; (Taipei County,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
Wei Hsu
P.O. Box 44-2049
Taipei
10668
TW
|
Family ID: |
39742184 |
Appl. No.: |
11/714183 |
Filed: |
March 6, 2007 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
463/37 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63F 2300/1056 20130101;
A63F 13/08 20130101; A63F 2300/1012 20130101; A63F 13/235 20140902;
A63F 13/24 20140902; A63F 2300/1081 20130101; A63F 13/217 20140902;
A63F 13/218 20140902 |
Class at
Publication: |
463/37 |
International
Class: |
A63F 9/24 20060101
A63F009/24 |
Claims
1. An interactive playstation controller, comprising: a housing; a
linear button set comprising function keys, a mini steering wheel
and two mini joy sticks, a mode-switching digital button set, a
battery pack, a cable connector and a physiological reaction
sensing button set disposed on an exterior of the housing; and an
integrated circuit embedded in the housing, wherein the
physiological reaction sensing button set comprises a heartbeat
signal sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip strength sensor and a
voice sensor so as to sense physiological condition variations of a
player momentarily when the player is playing a game using the
controller, and to feed the sensed variations back to a game host
so that a program of the host properly responds with the sensed
variations to achieve an object and an effect of man-machine
interaction.
2. The interactive playstation controller according to claim 1,
wherein the integrated circuit comprises a central processing unit,
a first input/output port, a program storage, a power circuit, a
communication protocol generator, a linear/digital converter and a
second input/output port.
3. The interactive playstation controller according to claim 1,
wherein the integrated circuit comprises a wireless transceiver
module for transferring a message in conjunction with a wireless
transceiver adapter on the game host.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Invention
[0002] The invention relates to an improvement of a playstation
controller, and more particularly to an interactive playstation
controller.
[0003] (2) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] In either the mainstream playstation or the non-mainstream
playstation available in the market, the wonderful story line
development and the body movement of the protagonist in the game or
even various man-machine interaction procedures of exchanges of the
properties are progressed through a controller connected to the
playstation. A player may use his/her hand to control each function
key so that the intention of the player is transferred to a host
program, which generates different results after judgement and
comparison. Thus, the playstation without the controller is like a
vehicle, which only has an engine but has no wheel and steering
wheel and cannot go anywhere. So, the controller is very
important.
[0005] As for the playstation, which is often available in the
market, the controller therefor is connected to the playstation
through the wired connection, for many years. Thus, the function of
the controller is not advanced, and the exterior of the controller
is not modified. Even if some manufacturers try to improve the
controller, only the original wired transmission between the
playstation and the controller is changed to the wireless
transmission. In particular, the design of the controller is
changed from the simple exterior to the colorful exterior, from the
simple function to the complicated function, and from the
unidirectional message transfer to the bidirectional message
transfer. However, these changes are made according to the story
line of the game program, wherein the more difficult story line has
to match with the more precise playstation and controller. However,
the controller seldom considers the mood or the body condition of
the player who is playing the game. According to the conclusion of
the experience, the game software may automatically consider the
physiological reaction of the player and properly correct the
program according to the physiological reaction in the future. So,
some mechanism for dealing with the compromise between the game
software and the player may be generated. The design concept of
this feedback between the software and the physiological condition
will become a trend.
[0006] In view of this, the present inventor has successfully
designed an interactive playstation controller according to the
technology and the professional experience in the field of the joy
stick for many years, and this controller has been experimented so
that the utility thereof may be further enhanced.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0007] It is therefore an object of the invention to provide an
interactive playstation controller having an embedded integrated
circuit and a physiological reaction sensing button set, such as a
heartbeat sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip strength sensor and a
voice sensor, disposed on a surface of the controller. Thus, the
information of the player who is playing the game may be fed back
to a game host and the game host responds with the information
using a program so that the interactive effect during the game
playing process may be enhanced, wherein the information includes
the condition of the excitement of emotion, such as the heartbeat
speed, the palm perspiring extent, the hand grip strength, and the
voice.
[0008] To achieve the above-identified object, a controller is
configured to include: a housing; a linear button set, which
includes function keys, a mini steering wheel and two mini joy
sticks, a mode-switching digital button set, a battery pack, a
cable connector and a physiological reaction sensing button set
disposed on an exterior of the housing; and an integrated circuit
embedded in the housing. The physiological reaction sensing button
set includes a heartbeat signal sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip
strength sensor and a voice sensor so as to sense physiological
condition variations of a player momentarily when the player is
playing a game using the controller, and to feed the sensed
variations back to a game host so that a program of the host
properly responds with the sensed variations to achieve an object
and an effect of man-machine interaction.
[0009] Further aspects, objects, and desirable features of the
invention will be better understood from the detailed description
and drawings that follow in which various embodiments of the
disclosed invention are illustrated by way of examples.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] FIG. 1 shows a circuit structure of an interactive
playstation controller according to a preferred embodiment of the
invention.
[0011] FIG. 2 shows an exterior structure of the interactive
playstation controller according to the preferred embodiment of the
invention.
[0012] FIG. 3 shows an exterior structure of the interactive
playstation controller according to another preferred embodiment of
the invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0013] FIG. 1 shows a circuit structure of an interactive
playstation controller according to a preferred embodiment of the
invention. Referring to FIG. 1, the interactive playstation
controller includes: a central processing unit 10; a first
input/output port 11 connected to an external mode-switching
digital button set 21 and the internal central processing unit 10;
a program storage 12, which is connected to the central processing
unit 10 and is for storing application programs and procedures
associated with this system; a power circuit 13, which is connected
to an external battery pack 22, a cable connector 23 and the
internal central processing unit 10, and provides the sufficient
power; a communication protocol generator 14 for providing a
specific communication mechanism between the central processing
unit 10 and a game host through the cable connector 23; a
linear/digital converter 15, which is connected to a second
input/output port 16 and the central processing unit 10 and
sequentially converts the information into digital signals, which
are transferred to the host in a wired or wireless manner,
according to the procedures previously stored in the program
storage 12; and the second input/output port 16, which is connected
to the internal central processing unit 10, the linear/digital
converter 15 and an external linear button set 200. The interactive
playstation controller further includes a heartbeat signal sensor
241, a humidity sensor 242, a grip strength sensor 243 and a voice
sensor 244. Thus, when the player is using a controller 1 to play a
game, the heartbeat signal sensor 241, the humidity sensor 242, the
grip strength sensor 243 and the voice sensor 244 can momentarily
sense the physiological condition variations of the player, and
feed the sensed variations back to the game host. Then, the program
of the host system properly responds with the sensed variations to
achieve the object and effect of man-machine interaction.
[0014] FIG. 2 shows an exterior structure of the interactive
playstation controller according to the preferred embodiment of the
invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the exterior of the interactive
playstation controller of the invention has been disclosed and the
interactive playstation controller may be connected to the game
host in a wired or wireless manner in order to facilitate the
proceeding of the game. The controller 1 has a housing 20. A linear
button set 200, similar to the prior art, including a function key
201, a mini steering wheel 202 and two mini joy sticks 203 is
disposed on the exterior surface of the housing 20. A
mode-switching digital button set 21, a battery pack 22, a cable
connector 23 and a physiological reaction sensing button set 24
including a heartbeat signal sensor 241, a humidity sensor 242, a
grip strength sensor 243 and a voice sensor 244 are also disposed
on the exterior surface of the housing 20. The heartbeat signal
sensor 241, the humidity sensor 242, the grip strength sensor 243
and the voice sensor 244 may be thin metal sheets attached to the
exterior surface of the housing 20 and electrically connected to
the second input/output port 16. Also, the controller 1 has the
exterior, which satisfies the human engineering design and can be
conveniently and conformably held by the hands of the player. The
hand holding portions of the controller 1 are properly distributed
with the heartbeat signal sensor 241, the humidity sensor 242, the
grip strength sensor 243 and the voice sensor 244. Thus, when the
player is playing the game, the body and physiological reactions of
the player can be precisely transferred and inputted to the central
processing unit 10 of the controller 1 through the effective and
complete contacts between the thin metal sheets and the hands
holding the physiological reaction sensing button set 24 of the
controller 1. Then, the body and physiological reactions of the
player are converted, according to various signal combining
procedures, into signals to be transferred to the host in the wired
or wireless manner. Thus, the feedback of the host can provide the
interactive and interesting properties in the game.
[0015] When the above-mentioned interactive playstation controller
is being operated in practice and the player is controlling the
program of the game host, the player controls various reactions of
the targets on the screen through the mode-switching digital button
set 21 and the linear button set 200 on the controller 1. When the
player holds the physiological reaction sensing button set 24 with
his/her two hands, the heartbeat signal sensor 241, the humidity
sensor 242, the grip strength sensor 243 and the voice sensor 244
immediately sense the above-mentioned variations of the player,
such as the information of the speeding up of the heartbeat, the
change of the palm perspiring extent, the change of the hand grip
strength and the change of the voice, and feed the variations back
to the game host through the second input/output port 16. The
linear/digital converter 15 converts the variations into digital
signals according to the programs stored in the program storage 12,
and transfers the digital signals to the specific communication
protocol generator 14, which generates the signal mode enabling the
communication between the game host and the controller 1 so as to
facilitate the information exchange to feed the signals back to the
game host.
[0016] FIG. 3 shows an exterior structure of the interactive
playstation controller according to another preferred embodiment of
the invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the connection between the
controller 1 and the game host may also be achieved in a wireless
manner. In practice, a wireless transceiver module 17 is disposed
in the housing and a wireless transceiver adapter that can be
connected to a port of the game host is disposed on the exterior of
the housing. Thus, when the player is using the controller 1, he or
she can achieve the objects of sensing the body and physiological
condition variations of the player momentarily and feeding the
sensed variations back to the game host through the controller 1
with the wireless communication and transmission function. Then,
the program of the host properly responds with the sensed
variations to achieve the object and the effect of man-machine
interaction.
[0017] As for the power supply, if the game host performs the
transmission through the cable connector 23 in the wired manner,
the power of the controller 1 is supplied from the game host. On
the contrary, if the wireless transceiver module 17 is utilized for
connection and transmission, the battery pack 22 in the controller
1 supplies the power.
[0018] In summary, the interactive playstation controller of the
invention can indeed achieve the predetermined object to have the
improved utility function, and is a great break in the technology
of the controller.
[0019] New characteristics and advantages of the invention covered
by this document have been set forth in the foregoing description.
It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are
for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended as a
definition of the limits of the invention. Changes in methods,
shapes, structures or devices may be made in details without
exceeding the scope of the invention by those who are skilled in
the art. The scope of the invention is, of course, defined in the
language in which the appended claims are expressed.
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