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Control apparatus and control program

US10850192B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 9, 2017
Grant dateDec 1, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 9, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F2203/015
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A control apparatus for a device with one of the left side and the right side of the device fixed as pressed against the palm of a user. The device includes a button that can be depressed within a predetermined movable range and a sense-of-force presentation block for presenting a sensor of force against button depression within a range in which any of the fingers of the user is reachable, the input of a sense-of-force presentation start position in the predetermined movable range being received, a button depressing amount being acquired, and, when the sense-of-force presentation start position is reached, instructing the sense-of-force presentation block to present a sense force against the depressing of the button.

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