INPUT DEVICE

Organization Name

Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.

Inventor(s)

So Morimoto of Saitama (JP)

Katsuhisa Tadano of Kanagawa (JP)

Glenn Black of San Mateo CA (US)

Arthur Kwun of San Mateo CA (US)

INPUT DEVICE

This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18708326 titled 'INPUT DEVICE

Original Abstract Submitted

To provide an input device that can make control comfortable for users who have difficulty in feeling comfortable controlling existing input devices. A controller includes a body of the controller, a first control button having a top surface portion for placing a hand and attached to the body, and a plurality of second control buttons arranged along an outer circumferential edge of the first control button, and attached to the body. The plurality of second control buttons have outer circumferential portions extending outward beyond an outer circumferential edge of the body.