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US 10,226,697 B2Granted
Input device with sector geared feedback trigger
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsAaron Schmitz, Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Jonathan Shea Robinson
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Abstract
A user-input device includes a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, the user-actuatable trigger including a sector gear, a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis, and a force-feedback motor configured to drive the sector gear based on a force-feedback signal.
Claims20
A user-input device comprising:
- a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, the user-actuatable trigger including a sector gear;
- a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis;
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- a force-feedback motor configured to drive the sector gear based on a force-feedback signal.
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A user-input device comprising:
- a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, the user-actuatable trigger including a sector gear;
- a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis;
- a force-feedback motor configured to drive the sector gear based on a force-feedback signal;
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- a clutch operatively intermediate the user-actuatable trigger and the force-feedback motor and configured to mechanically change engagement between the sector gear and the force-feedback motor.
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A user-input device comprising:
- a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, the user-actuatable trigger including a finger-interface portion, a motor-interface portion that opposes the finger-interface portion, and a sector gear arranged on the motor-interface portion, the sector gear including a plurality of gear teeth arranged on an exterior, convex side of the sector gear;
- a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis;
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- a force-feedback motor configured to drive the sector gear based on a force-feedback signal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.