Patent ID: 7081051
Filing Date: 2006-07-25
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A controller connectable to an electronic device wherein the controller transmits instruction signals to the electronic device in response to a user's operation, said controller comprising: a plurality of button switches disposed on an upper face of said controller; a pair of direction keys disposed on said upper face, one of said pair of direction keys being arranged so as to give signals indicative of preset discrete directions including up, down, left and right, the other of said pair of direction keys being arranged so as to give signals indicative of arbitrary directions over 360 degrees; signal generating means which transmits a first mode of data which is compatible with data to be generated by conventional controllers, and a second mode of data, which includes data indicative of signals given by the direction key of arbitrary directions over 360 degrees; and a switching means which selectively switches transmission of data to said electronic devices between said first mode of data and said second mode of data.