Patent ID: 8961313
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A method to provide input to a game console through a controller, the controller having a handle with a first end and a second end and a spherical input feature connected to the first end of the handle at a pivot point that is disposed along a length axis of the handle, the method comprising: detecting an orientation of the controller using motion sensors integrated within the handle of the controller, the detected orientation determining when the controller is to operate in a joystick mode; detecting sensed contact of the spherical input object to a surface when in the joystick mode, the sensed contact being monitored by a sensor that is in communication with the pivot point; identifying torque information concerning the spherical input object for movements of the spherical input object relative to the pivot point; and transmitting the torque information to a game console, the torque information identifying rotation and compression of the spherical object that is mapped to direct interactive control of a program executed by a processor of the game console.