US 2021/0197075 A1Published application

Information handling system controller illumination

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsPhilip M. Seibert, Kevin M. Turchin, Enoch Chen, Gerald R. Pelissier, Christopher A. Torres, Chia Yuan Chang

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Abstract

A game controller includes a joystick that accepts end user inputs and has illumination provided at the game controller surface encircling the joystick to provide indications to an end user, such as a locally-determined game controller status or a game application end user energy state. The illumination is provided from light emitting diodes disposed within the game controller interior on a flexible printed circuit board and coupled to a base of an annular light guide by a gasket to direct illumination into the annular light guide. Non-translucent treatment at the light guide on the game controller surface defines a translucent region at which illumination is presented.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A game controller comprising:

a controller housing having an opening at an upper surface;
a controller processor disposed in the housing and operable to execute instructions that process information;
a joystick input device disposed in the controller housing and extending out through the opening above the upper surface, the joystick input device interfaced with the controller processor to provide inputs made at the joystick input device to the controller processor;
a light guide structure disposed about a base of the joystick and configured to direct light from the base towards the upper surface;
a flexible circuit interfaced with the controller processor, the flexible circuit having a circular shape and disposed around the light guide structure with plural light sources that direct light through the light guide structure and towards the upper surface;
and
a gasket disposed between the light guide structure and the flexible circuit to restrict light passage at each of the plural light sources from passing other than to the light guide structure.

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A method for presenting visual indications at a game controller, the method comprising:

disposing plural light emitting diodes on a flexible printed circuit;
interfacing the flexible printed circuit with a processor of the game controller;
coupling an annular light guide to a housing of the game controller at a base of a joystick;
coupling a light gasket about a circumference of the annular light guide;
coupling the flexible printed circuit board to the light gasket about the circumference of the annular light guide, the plural light emitting diodes directing illumination through plural openings of the light gasket towards the annular light guide, the annular light guide directing illumination at a surface of the housing around the joystick;
and
commanding predetermined illumination of the light emitting diodes with the game controller processor in response to one or more predetermined conditions.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/731,414Filed 31 Dec 2019
Published: 1 Jul 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification12 codes

A63F 13/24
Input arrangements for video game devices: constructional details thereof, e.g. game controllers with detachable joystick handles
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 13/235
For interfacing with the game device, e.g. specific interfaces between game controller and console: using a wireless connection, e.g. infrared or…
A63F 13/25
Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions: output arrangements for video game devices