Patent ID: 9101831
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: A63F

Abstract:
1. A video game system, comprising: a video game controller in the form of a housing with an elongate upper surface and a lower surface coupled to the upper surface by sidewalls, the upper surface having a substantially flat portion for a user standing thereupon, the housing containing a position related sensing device, an object proximity sensing device for sensing a distance to an object external to the housing, a signal transmitter, and circuitry coupling the position related sensing device and the object proximity sensing device with the signal transmitter such that the signal transmitter may transmit signals indicative of information of the position related sensing device and signals indicative of information of the object proximity sensing device; and a video game console including a processor configured by program instructions to determine position of the housing from values of the signals indicative of information of the position related sensing device and to command display of a game character performing operations using a board in a virtual environment based on values of the signals indicative of information of the position related sensing device and values of the signals indicative of information of the object proximity sensing device, with the game character performing different operations using the board for different combinations of values of the signals indicative of information of the position related sensing device and the values of the signals indicative of information of the object proximity sensing device, with the game character performing a first operation using the board when the values of the signals indicative of the information of the position related sensing device indicate a first position of the housing and the values of the signals indicative of information of the object proximity sensing device indicate a first object distance to the housing, the game character performing a second operation using the board when the values of the signals indicative of the information of the position related sensing device indicate the first position of the housing and the values of the signals indicative of information of the object proximity sensing device indicate a second object distance to the housing, and the game character performing a third operation using the board when the values of the signals indicative of the position sensing device indicate the first position of the housing and the values of the signals indicative of information of the object proximity sensing device indicate a third object distance to the housing.