Information processing device for simultaneously adjusting sensitivity and dead zone of a controller

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12481374-B2
Application number	US-202218683777-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 5, 2022
Priority date	Sep 13, 2021
Publication date	Nov 25, 2025
Grant date	Nov 25, 2025

Abstract

An information processing device includes an operation information acquisition section, a setting screen image generation section, and a display controlling section. The operation information acquisition section acquires operation information from a controller. The setting screen image generation section generates a setting screen image for the controller. The display controlling section causes a display device to display the setting screen image for the controller. The setting screen image for the controller includes an image that indicates both a sensitivity and a dead zone of an analog stick provided on the controller in a common scale.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . An information processing device capable of accepting operation information from a controller, comprising:
a generation section that generates a setting screen image for the controller, wherein the controller comprises a plurality of buttons; and a display controlling section that causes a display device to display the setting screen image for the controller, wherein the controller includes an analog stick, and wherein the setting screen image is configured such that both a sensitivity and a dead zone of the analog stick are adjustable simultaneously by a user through adjacent ones of the buttons.

2 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein:
the setting screen image includes an object that suggests a value of the sensitivity or the dead zone of the analog stick, and the generation section slows down, in a case where one of the adjacent buttons on the setting screen image is long pressed, a change of the value suggested by the object in comparison with that in a case where another button is long pressed.

3 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein the setting screen image includes an image that indicates both a sensitivity and a dead zone of the analog stick on a common scale.

4 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein an adjustment of the sensitivity for the analog stick is adjustable using a pair of sensitivity buttons, wherein the adjustment of the dead zone for the analog stick is adjustable using a pair of dead zone buttons, and wherein the pair of sensitivity buttons and the pair of dead zone buttons are juxtaposed on the controller.

5 . The information processing device of claim 4 , wherein the setting screen image includes an image of a sensitivity curve, and wherein operations of the information processing device further comprise:
adjusting the sensitivity using a first and second button of the pair of sensitivity buttons, wherein the generation section adjusts the sensitivity curve of the image of the sensitivity curve leftwardly and decreases a curvature of the sensitivity curve in response to a selection of the first button, and wherein the generation section adjusts the sensitivity curve rightwardly and increases the curvature of the sensitivity curve in response to a selection of the second button.

6 . The information processing device of claim 4 , wherein the setting screen image includes an image having a region that includes a plurality of concentric circles that indicate a magnitude of an operation of the analog stick from a stationary position in a plurality of stages and in which a first object indicative of a range of the dead zone and a second object indicative of the magnitude of an operation inputted to the analog stick by the user are disposed, and wherein operations of the information processing device further comprise:
adjusting the dead zone using a third and fourth button of the pair of dead zone buttons, wherein the generation section adjusts the first object indicative of the range of the dead zone leftwardly and decreases the magnitude of the operation inputted to the analog stick in response to a selection of the third button, and wherein the generation section adjusts the first object indicative of the range of the dead zone rightwardly and increases the magnitude of the operation inputted to the analog stick in response to a selection of the fourth button.

7 . The information processing device of claim 1 , wherein operations of the information processing device further comprise:
in response to the user tilting the analog stick, providing feedback to the controller in accordance with simultaneous adjustments made to the sensitivity and the dead zone of the analog stick.

8 . A system comprising one or more computers and an information processing device capable of accepting operation information from a controller, and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by one or more computers to cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
generating a setting screen image for the controller, wherein the controller comprises a plurality of buttons; and providing, for display, the setting screen image for the controller, wherein the controller includes an analog stick, and wherein the setting screen image is configured such that both a sensitivity and a dead zone of the analog stick are adjustable simultaneously by a user through adjacent ones of the buttons.

9 . The system of claim 8 , wherein:
the setting screen image includes an object that suggests a value of the sensitivity or the dead zone of the analog stick, and wherein generating the setting screen image slows down, in a case where one of the adjacent buttons on the setting screen image is long pressed, a change of the value suggested by the object in comparison with that in a case where another button is long pressed.

10 . The system of claim 8 , wherein the setting screen image includes an image that indicates both a sensitivity and a dead zone of the analog stick on a common scale.

11 . The system of claim 8 , wherein an adjustment of the sensitivity for the analog stick is adjustable using a pair of sensitivity buttons, wherein the adjustment of the dead zone for the analog stick is adjustable using a pair of dead zone buttons, and wherein the pair of sensitivity buttons and the pair of dead zone buttons are juxtaposed on the controller.

12 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the setting screen image includes an image of a sensitivity curve, and wherein operations of the system further comprise:
adjusting the sensitivity using a first and second button of the pair of sensitivity buttons, wherein adjusting the sensitivity comprises:
adjusting the sensitivity curve of the image of the sensitivity curve leftwardly and decreasing a curvature of the sensitivity curve in response to a selection of the first button; and
adjusting the sensitivity curve rightwardly and increasing the curvature of the sensitivity curve in response to a selection of the second button.

13 . The system of claim 11 , wherein the setting screen image includes an image having a region that includes a plurality of concentric circles that indicate a magnitude of an operation of the analog stick from a stationary position in a plurality of stages and in which a first object indicative of a range of the dead zone and a second object indicative of the magnitude of the operation inputted to the analog stick by the user are disposed, and wherein operations of the system further comprise:
adjusting the dead zone using a third and fourth button of the pair of dead zone buttons, wherein adjusting the dead zone comprises:
adjusting the first object indicative of the range of the dead zone leftwardly and decreasing the magnitude of the operation inputted to the analog stick in response to a selection of the third button; and
adjusting the first object indicative of the range of the dead zone rightwardly and increasing the magnitude of the operation inputted to the analog stick in response to a selection of the fourth button.

14 . The system of claim 8 , wherein operations of the system further comprise:
in response to the user tilting the analog stick, providing feedback to the controller in accordance with simultaneous adjustments made to the sensitivity and the dead zone of the analog stick.

15 . A computer-implemented method comprising:
causing display of a setting screen image for a controller, wherein the controller comprises a plurality of buttons; causing display of the setting scr

Assignees

• Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc

Inventors

• Ogawa Tomohiro
• Imada Yoshiyuki
• Ogiso Toru
• BAE Jaewon
• Mizuno Tomomasa

Classifications

• G06F3/02

  Input arrangements using manually operated switches, e.g. using keyboards or dials · CPC title

• A63F13/24

  Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles · CPC title

• A63F13/42

  by mapping the input signals into game commands, e.g. mapping the displacement of a stylus on a touch screen to the steering angle of a virtual vehicle · CPC title

• G06F3/04847

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F3/0338 Primary

  with detection of limited linear or angular displacement of an operating part of the device from a neutral position, e.g. isotonic or isometric joysticks · CPC title