Patent ID: 11141653

Abstract:
To reduce physical burden on a person playing a game by reducing the load exerted on the fingers pressing down on a cross key or on push buttons of a game controller.[Solution] Provided is an operation assistance apparatus for assisting an operation carried out on a game controller that is disposed away from a game machine executing a game program and that inputs an operation signal for the game machine. The operation assistance apparatus is provided with grip cushions 3a, 3b that are disposed so as to face a cross key 22, etc. of the game controller 2 and that are mounted to grips 2a, 2b holding the game controller 2, wherein the grip cushions 3a, 3b have projections 30a, 30b that project toward the upper surface side of a grip portion where the cross key 22, etc. are disposed. The operation assistance apparatus is also provided with: a holder means 4 that holds and fixes the game controller 2 and that is capable of adjusting the inclination angle of the fixed game controller 2; and a pad 5 that fixes the holder means 4 while the holder means 4 is projected upward.