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US 2021/0331065 A1Published application
A multi, single-axis game controller
AssigneeBox Dark Industries Pty. Ltd.
InventorPhil Croft
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Abstract
A multi, single-axis game controller including a pair of hand units in a spaced apart configuration, each hand unit configured to be held in one hand by the user and at least one of the pair of hand units having at least one button control pad and at least one thumb stick; and a switching actuator to at least temporarily reassign at least some input functionality from the at least one thumb stick to another control element provided on at least one of the hand units.
Claims21
1-25. (canceled)
A multi, single-axis game controller comprising:
- a pair of hand units in a spaced apart configuration, each hand unit configured to be held in one hand by the user and at least one of the pair of hand units having at least one button control pad and at least one thumb stick;
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- a switching actuator to at least temporarily reassign at least some input functionality from the at least one thumb stick to another control element provided on at least one of the hand units.
An articulated game controller comprising:
- a pair of hand units in a spaced apart configuration, each hand unit configured to be held in one hand by the user and at least one of the pair of hand units having at least one button control pad and at least one thumb stick;
- the pair of hand units associated with each other via at least one articulable joint to enable the user to maintain a grip on each respective hand unit without interference from the articulable joint, and wherein user input is provided to the controller through movement of the articulable joint and a switching actuator to at least temporarily reassign at least some input functionality from the at least one thumb stick to another control element provided on at least one of the hand units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.