Patent ID: 8870655

Claim:
A game controller arrangement operable by at least one human player, the game controller arrangement comprising first and second control units, one of the first and second control units, in use, sending operating data obtained from the first control unit and the second control unit to a video game console providing video game play, the game controller arrangement comprising: a first control unit structured to be held in the air by and operated by a first hand, said first control unit including a first control unit body having disposed therein a sensor comprising a linear acceleration sensing arrangement that detects linear acceleration or a gyro-sensor that detects angular rate of rotation; a second control unit structured to be held in the air by and operated by a second hand, said second control unit including an imaging section that detects plural infrared markers and obtains marker coordinate related information therefrom, said second control unit further including at least one digit-operated control; and a wireless connection that wirelessly connects the first control unit with the second control unit, wherein the first control unit further includes a first operating data generator coupled to said sensor that provides first operating data sensed by said sensor, said first operating data in use controlling at least a first aspect of game play provided by said video game console; the second control unit further includes a second operating data generator coupled to said imaging section that generates second operating data in response to the imaging section and position of the at least one digit-operated control, said second operating data in use controlling at least a second aspect of game play provided by said video game console; and one of the first and second control units further includes a wireless transceiver for wirelessly transmitting the first operating data from the first control unit and the second operating data from the second control unit wirelessly to the video game console to thereby at least in part control said video game play.