Interactive playstation controller
An interactive playstation controller includes a housing; a linear button set, a mode-switching digital button set, a battery pack, a cable connector and a physiological reaction sensing button set disposed on an exterior of the housing; and an integrated circuit embedded in the housing. The physiological reaction sensing button set includes a heartbeat signal sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip strength sensor and a voice sensor so as to momentarily sense body and physiological condition variations of a player when he or she is playing a game, and the sensed variations are fed back to a game host. Then, a program in the host properly responds with the sensed variations so as to achieve the object and the effect of man-machine interaction.
(1) Field of the Invention
The invention relates to an improvement of a playstation controller, and more particularly to an interactive playstation controller.
(2) Description of the Prior Art
In either the mainstream playstation or the non-mainstream playstation available in the market, the wonderful story line development and the body movement of the protagonist in the game or even various man-machine interaction procedures of exchanges of the properties are progressed through a controller connected to the playstation. A player may use his/her hand to control each function key so that the intention of the player is transferred to a host program, which generates different results after judgement and comparison. Thus, the playstation without the controller is like a vehicle, which only has an engine but has no wheel and steering wheel and cannot go anywhere. So, the controller is very important.
As for the playstation, which is often available in the market, the controller therefor is connected to the playstation through the wired connection, for many years. Thus, the function of the controller is not advanced, and the exterior of the controller is not modified. Even if some manufacturers try to improve the controller, only the original wired transmission between the playstation and the controller is changed to the wireless transmission. In particular, the design of the controller is changed from the simple exterior to the colorful exterior, from the simple function to the complicated function, and from the unidirectional message transfer to the bidirectional message transfer. However, these changes are made according to the story line of the game program, wherein the more difficult story line has to match with the more precise playstation and controller. However, the controller seldom considers the mood or the body condition of the player who is playing the game. According to the conclusion of the experience, the game software may automatically consider the physiological reaction of the player and properly correct the program according to the physiological reaction in the future. So, some mechanism for dealing with the compromise between the game software and the player may be generated. The design concept of this feedback between the software and the physiological condition will become a trend.
In view of this, the present inventor has successfully designed an interactive playstation controller according to the technology and the professional experience in the field of the joy stick for many years, and this controller has been experimented so that the utility thereof may be further enhanced.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTIONIt is therefore an object of the invention to provide an interactive playstation controller having an embedded integrated circuit and a physiological reaction sensing button set, such as a heartbeat sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip strength sensor and a voice sensor, disposed on a surface of the controller. Thus, the information of the player who is playing the game may be fed back to a game host and the game host responds with the information using a program so that the interactive effect during the game playing process may be enhanced, wherein the information includes the condition of the excitement of emotion, such as the heartbeat speed, the palm perspiring extent, the hand grip strength, and the voice.
To achieve the above-identified object, a controller is configured to include: a housing; a linear button set, which includes function keys, a mini steering wheel and two mini joy sticks, a mode-switching digital button set, a battery pack, a cable connector and a physiological reaction sensing button set disposed on an exterior of the housing; and an integrated circuit embedded in the housing. The physiological reaction sensing button set includes a heartbeat signal sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip strength sensor and a voice sensor so as to sense physiological condition variations of a player momentarily when the player is playing a game using the controller, and to feed the sensed variations back to a game host so that a program of the host properly responds with the sensed variations to achieve an object and an effect of man-machine interaction.
Further aspects, objects, and desirable features of the invention will be better understood from the detailed description and drawings that follow in which various embodiments of the disclosed invention are illustrated by way of examples.
When the above-mentioned interactive playstation controller is being operated in practice and the player is controlling the program of the game host, the player controls various reactions of the targets on the screen through the mode-switching digital button set 21 and the linear button set 200 on the controller 1. When the player holds the physiological reaction sensing button set 24 with his/her two hands, the heartbeat signal sensor 241, the humidity sensor 242, the grip strength sensor 243 and the voice sensor 244 immediately sense the above-mentioned variations of the player, such as the information of the speeding up of the heartbeat, the change of the palm perspiring extent, the change of the hand grip strength and the change of the voice, and feed the variations back to the game host through the second input/output port 16. The linear/digital converter 15 converts the variations into digital signals according to the programs stored in the program storage 12, and transfers the digital signals to the specific communication protocol generator 14, which generates the signal mode enabling the communication between the game host and the controller 1 so as to facilitate the information exchange to feed the signals back to the game host.
As for the power supply, if the game host performs the transmission through the cable connector 23 in the wired manner, the power of the controller 1 is supplied from the game host. On the contrary, if the wireless transceiver module 17 is utilized for connection and transmission, the battery pack 22 in the controller 1 supplies the power.
In summary, the interactive playstation controller of the invention can indeed achieve the predetermined object to have the improved utility function, and is a great break in the technology of the controller.
New characteristics and advantages of the invention covered by this document have been set forth in the foregoing description. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration only and are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention. Changes in methods, shapes, structures or devices may be made in details without exceeding the scope of the invention by those who are skilled in the art. The scope of the invention is, of course, defined in the language in which the appended claims are expressed.
Claims
1. An interactive playstation controller, comprising:
- a housing;
- a linear button set comprising function keys, a mini steering wheel and two mini joy sticks, a mode-switching digital button set, a battery pack, a cable connector and a physiological reaction sensing button set disposed on an exterior of the housing; and
- an integrated circuit embedded in the housing, wherein the physiological reaction sensing button set comprises a heartbeat signal sensor, a humidity sensor, a grip strength sensor and a voice sensor so as to sense physiological condition variations of a player momentarily when the player is playing a game using the controller, and to feed the sensed variations back to a game host so that a program of the host properly responds with the sensed variations to achieve an object and an effect of man-machine interaction.
2. The interactive playstation controller according to claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a central processing unit, a first input/output port, a program storage, a power circuit, a communication protocol generator, a linear/digital converter and a second input/output port.
3. The interactive playstation controller according to claim 1, wherein the integrated circuit comprises a wireless transceiver module for transferring a message in conjunction with a wireless transceiver adapter on the game host.
Type: Application
Filed: Mar 6, 2007
Publication Date: Sep 11, 2008
Inventor: Wei Hsu (Taipei County)
Application Number: 11/714,183
International Classification: A63F 9/24 (20060101);