krimoz911 said:
Maybe sony is working on a controller whose position in 3 dimensions can be determined but that still doesn't mean the designs in the picture are the real deal.(maybe some one read the patent and made up these designs) And can someone post the parts of the patent that says ultrasonic ,those balls and controller plates will be used. |
Happy to oblige.
First off is the title of the patent: "DETERMINATION OF CONTROLLER THREE-DIMENSIONAL LOCATION USING IMAGE ANALYSIS AND ULTRASONIC COMMUNICATION"
And then for some examples from the full patent text.
"[0020]FIGS. 3A-3B describe an embodiment of a single-hand controller with a spherical section and ultrasonic capabilities. "
"[0023]FIG. 6 depicts a controller with ultrasonic capabilities and a spherical section partially covered by retro-reflective material."
"[0061]FIGS. 3A-3B describe an embodiment of a single-hand controller 130 with a spherical section 132 and ultrasonic capabilities. The spherical shape of spherical section 132 allows for detection of the controller position by analyzing the image captured by an image capture device."
"[0071]FIG. 7 depicts one embodiment of single-hand controller 210 that has exchangeable face plates. Different faceplates, such as 220a and 220b, enable distinct keypad configurations and give the user more flexibility in selecting input methods when playing different games. In the embodiment show in FIG. 7, the user has the option of using faceplate A 220a which includes a directional pad, or faceplate B 220b which includes 4 buttons."
"[0072]FIG. 8 shows a schematic representation of two single-hand controllers, 300a and 300b, joined together by insert plate 302 to form a controller intended to be used with two hands, according to one embodiment. The insert plate adds input options for the user. By using a faceplate between the controllers, the distance between them is fixed and well-known. A remote computing system tracks the movements of both controllers for improved accuracy. Additionally, by taking into consideration the fixed distance between the controllers, the computing system can further refine location detection and controller orientation using triangulation techniques."
There, that should be enough. Oh, and those pics are part of the actual patent application. In fact, together with the technical description of the patent, the pictures depict the design that is being patented. So no, somebody didn't just make up those designs.
