Programmable actuation force input for an accessory and methods thereof
AssigneeSTEELSERIES ApS
InventorTino Soelberg
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Abstract
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a button including a fixed force magnet coupled to a first housing assembly component serving as a top portion of the button, a variable force magnet coupled to a second housing assembly serving as a bottom portion of the button, and a spring coupled to the fixed force magnetic and the variable force magnet for repelling the fixed force magnet from the variable force magnet according to a spring constant of the spring. The variable force magnet emitting a magnetic field to counter the spring constant and thereby adjust a force required to depress the button. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- generating, by a system comprising a processor, electrical communication between a first portion of a button and a second portion of the button in response to a first conductive material coupled to the first portion of the button contacting a second conductive material coupled to the second portion of the button, wherein the first conductive material and the second conductive material are along a first radial axis;
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- generating, by the system, a mechanical force to create resistance to pressing of the button in response to detecting, by the system, the electrical communication, wherein the mechanical force is along a second radial axis, different from the first radial axis.
An accessory, comprising:
- a button;
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- generating electrical communication between a first portion of the button and a second portion of the button in response to a first conductive material coupled to the first portion of the button contacting a second conductive material coupled to the second portion of the button, wherein the first conductive material and the second conductive material are along a first radial axis;
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- generating a mechanical force to create resistance to pressing of the button in response to detecting the electrical communication, wherein the mechanical force is along a second radial axis, different from the first radial axis.
A device, comprising:
- a processing system including a processor;
- and
- a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- generating electrical communication between a first portion of the device and a second portion of the device in response to a first conductive material coupled to the first portion of the device contacting a second conductive material coupled to the second portion of the device, wherein the first conductive material and the second conductive material are along a first radial axis;
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- generating a mechanical force to create resistance to pressing of the device in response to detecting the electrical communication, wherein the mechanical force is along a second radial axis, different from the first radial axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.