US 11,628,354 B2Granted

Pedal system for gaming apparatus

AssigneeArkade, Inc.

InventorsBob Steven Berns, Joel Abraham Kort, Joshua Allan Fuchs, Michael Harold Pachter

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Abstract

A gaming controller includes a pedal system, and a communications interface. The pedal system is disposed on a rear facing portion of the gaming controller. The pedal system includes a pedal disposed along the rear facing surface of outer portions or wings of the gaming controller. The pedal has a first end proximate the elongated portion and an opposing second end spaced from the elongated portion. The pedal is coupled to a pivot point within the controller such that the pedal is selectively pivotable between a nominal position, a first position, and a second position. The communications interface is configured to facilitate transmitting inputs to the portable gaming device based on a current position of the pedal.

Claims19

Dependent claims

A handheld controller for a gaming device, the handheld controller comprising:

a central body portion;
a pair of side portions adjacent to the central body portion and on opposing sides of the central body portion, each side portion having a rear facing surface;
a first pedal, disposed along the rear facing surface of a first side portion of the pair of side portions, coupled to a pivot point within the first side portion such that the first pedal is selectively pivotable between at least (i) a nominal position, (ii) a first position in response to the first pedal being pivoted in a first direction about the pivot point, and (iii) a second position in response to the first pedal being pivoted in the first direction about the pivot point beyond the first position;
a first position detector positioned on a first side of the pivot point;
and
a second position detector positioned on the first side of the pivot point between the first position detector and the pivot point;
and
wherein the first position detector is configured to detect when the first pedal is selectively pivoted into the first position;
and wherein the second position detector is configured to detect when the first pedal is selectively pivoted about the pivot point into the second position beyond the first position.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/889,643Filed 1 Jun 2020 · continuation in part
Priority: 8 Feb 2019
Published: US 2020/0330859 A122 Oct 2020
Granted: 18 Apr 2023
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification13 codes

A63F 13/245
Constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles: specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g.…
A63F 13/21
Input arrangements for video game devices: characterised by their sensors, purposes or types
A63F 13/23
Input arrangements for video game devices: for interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console
A63F 13/24
Input arrangements for video game devices: constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles

Family

Application16/271,757Parent of this continuation · filed 8 Feb 2019
PCT/US2019/065200Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 9 Dec 2019
US 2020/0330859 A1Pre-grant publication · published 22 Oct 2020
US 10,471,345 B1Parent of this continuation
PCT/US2019/065200Parent of this continuation
US 11,628,354 B2This patent

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