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US 2025/0153036 A1Published application
Programmable actuation inputs of 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 processor that performs operations including detecting a first depression range of a button that includes an electro-mechanical sensor for detecting the first depression range, comparing the first depression range to a first actuation threshold, and asserting a first actuation state when the first depression range is at or exceeds the first actuation threshold. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a processing system comprising a processor, a first user-identified actuation threshold associated with a venue state of a present game environment in a gaming application, wherein the venue state is identified according to an image analysis of still images produced by the gaming application, messages received from the gaming application, or a combination thereof;
- associating, by the processing system, the first user-identified actuation threshold with a first displacement along a travel range of a button of a gaming device operable between a minimum displacement and a maximum displacement;
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- responsive to a depressing of the button of the gaming device, wherein the depressing of the button results in a first depression range of first travel distance:
- comparing, by the processing system, the first depression range of first travel distance to the first user-identified actuation threshold in accordance with a first profile pertaining to a sensitivity of received signals;
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- asserting, by the processing system, a first actuation state when the first depression range of first travel distance exceeds the first user-identified actuation threshold in accordance with the first profile.
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A non-transitory, machine-readable storage medium, comprising instructions that, when executing on a processing system including a processor, facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- associating a first user-identified actuation threshold with a first actuation threshold travel distance of a plurality of actuation threshold travel distances along a travel range of a button of a gaming device operable between a minimum displacement and a maximum displacement;
- obtaining a signal that represents a depression range of travel distance of the button, wherein a software application executing on a computing device to control aspects of a gaming application accesses the plurality of actuation threshold travel distances for a current gaming venue state of the gaming application according to different commands for the current gaming venue state;
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- providing the signal to the software application, wherein the software application asserts an actuation state responsive to the depression range of travel distance exceeding the first actuation threshold travel distance in accordance with a first profile pertaining to a sensitivity of received signals,
- wherein the current gaming venue state is identified according to an analysis of still images produced by the gaming application, messages received from the gaming application, or a combination thereof.
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An accessory, comprising:
- a button comprising a sensor that generates a signal level according to a degree of displacement of the button;
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- a memory that stores executable instructions that when executed by a processing system including a processor facilitate performance of operations, the operations comprising:
- associating a first user-identified actuation threshold with a first actuation threshold travel distance of a plurality of actuation threshold travel distances along a travel range of a button of a gaming device operable between a minimum displacement and a maximum displacement;
- determining a venue state based on an analysis of a present game environment in still images of a gaming application, messages received from the gaming application, or a combination thereof;
- determining an actuation threshold of a plurality of actuation thresholds for the venue state according to different commands for the venue state;
- comparing an input from the sensor indicative of the degree of displacement of the button to the actuation threshold in accordance with a first profile pertaining to a sensitivity of received signals;
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- providing an actuation signal to a software application being executed on a computing device of a gaming application, wherein the software application asserts an actuation state responsive to the input exceeding the actuation threshold in accordance with the first profile.
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