Hand-held gaming device that identifies user based upon input from touch sensitive panel

摘要

Operating a game controller to identify a user by receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input corresponds to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the game controller and transmitted to a game console via a communications interface of the game controller for processing of the at least partially processed touch pad input to identify the user via pattern recognition. At least partially processing the touch pad input can be by identifying at least one finger orientation, at least one finger spacing, at least one finger width, a plurality of finger knuckle/joint locations, and/or a plurality of finger lengths based upon the touch pad input.

主权项

1. A method for operating a game controller to identify a user, the method comprising:
receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements, the touch pad input corresponding to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements; performing first processing operations on the touch pad input by processing circuitry of the game controller to produce partially processed touch pad input; wirelessly transmitting the partially processed touch pad input to a game console via a communications interface of the game controller for performing second processing operations on the partially processed touch pad input by the game console, the game console configured to produce fully processed touch pad input for pattern recognition of a user characteristic; using user preference information and the fully processed touch pad input to identify the user, the user preference information including game selection, game settings, time of day, day of week, game play duration, game usage level, and auxiliary game controller selection; and altering user identification operations for:
initial user identification operations with which full user identification verification is required;intermediate user identification operations with which partial user identification verification is required; andautomatic user identification operations without requiring user identification verification.