SEGA Patents New Touch Screen Controller

by Stritix June 3, 2020 0 comments

SEGA recently pateneted a new touch screen controller which “generates a game image of an object disposed in a virtual game space; and a touch panel connected to the controller”. SEGA recently revealed there would be a revolutionary announcement this month. It’s not known whether the announcement is related to this controller or not.

An information processing device includes: a controller that generates a game image of an object disposed in a virtual game space; and a touch panel that displays the game image. The touch panel detects an input of a user’s touch operation on the game image and outputs, to the controller, a detection signal indicating the detection of the input. The controller determines a contact surface area at an indicated position on the touch panel indicated by the user’s touch operation based on the detection signal. The controller determines, based on a size of the contact surface area, whether ae first operation or a second operation has been inputted. The controller performs a first control related to the object in response to the first operation, and a second control related to the object when the second operation has been inputted.