Patent ID: 9283482
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A63F

Claim Text:
1. An information processing apparatus used with an input device that is formed separately from the information processing apparatus to be held by one hand, and includes at least a sensor that detects an attitude of the input device, and transmits operation data including sensor data from the sensor to the information processing apparatus wirelessly, comprising: an operation data receiving module configured to wirelessly receive the operation data; a reference calculation module configured to calculate, when existing a predetermined designation input by an operator, a reference attitude of the input device based on the sensor data that is acquired at a time of the designation input; an attitude calculation module configured to calculate the attitude of the input device based on the sensor data that is acquired after the designation input; and an information processing module configured to perform predetermined information processing based on the attitude calculated by the attitude calculation module with respect to the reference attitude.