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US 12,109,486 B2Granted
Computer simulation controller
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsGlenn Black, Arthur Kwun, So Morimoto, Katsuhisa Tadano
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Abstract
An accessibility computer game controller includes a central control button on a round base and peripheral control buttons on the base surrounding the central control button. The peripheral control buttons can have distinct sizes and shapes. An analog stick unit is reciprocatingly engaged with the base and includes a control portion rotatable relative to the base.
Claims14
A device, comprising:
- a central control (CC) button operable to send a signal to a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device, the CC button being in the center of a base;
- plural peripheral control (PC) buttons on the base and surrounding the CC button with azimuthal spacings between adjacent PC buttons being equal around the CC button, each PC button being operable to send a signal to a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device;
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- a circular light emitting portion around the CC button so that the light emitting portion can be seen from plural directions.
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A device, comprising:
- a central control (CC) button operable to send a signal to a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device, the CC button being in the center of a base;
- plural peripheral control (PC) buttons on the base and surrounding the CC button with azimuthal spacings between adjacent PC buttons being equal around the CC button, each PC button being operable to send a signal to a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device;
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- an outer edge strip on at least one of the PC buttons that overhangs, by extending radially outwardly past the periphery of, a base on which the PC buttons are engaged to facilitate button replacement.
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A device, comprising:
- a central control (CC) button operable to send a signal to a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device, the CC button being in the center of a base;
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- plural peripheral control (PC) buttons on the base and surrounding the CC button with azimuthal spacings between adjacent PC buttons being equal around the CC button, each PC button being operable to send a signal to a computerized apparatus when the computerized apparatus is in communication with the device;
- wherein at least a first one of the PC buttons comprises a continuously downwardly-sloping contour from a convex inner periphery of the first one of the PC buttons to a convex outer periphery of the first one of the PC buttons.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.