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US 2026/0021379 A1Published application
Arcade-style game input device with angled active button pad
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsArthur Charles Kwun, Kathleen Charles Balfour, Alexander J. Brown, Samuel Benjamin Schaevitz, Ye Yen Scarlett Lai, Ying Yan Guan
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Abstract
A wireless computer game controller has an arcade-style lever for controlling action in a computer game as well as action buttons reflecting contemporary game controllers and control buttons for controlling device operation. Active buttons are arranged on a pad that is angled up from bottom to top for comfort.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a base;
- plural active buttons arranged in two arcuate rows, at least some of the active buttons being manipulable to control a character in a computer game;
- plural control buttons supported by the base and arranged in a single row, at least some of the control buttons being operable to input control signals to the apparatus;
- a pivotable lever extending through the base and manipulable to input signals to the computer game;
- and
- a pad above the base and supported thereon, the active buttons being supported by the pad, a surface of the pad defining an oblique angle with respect to a surface of the base.
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A computer simulation controller (CSC), comprising:
- a base comprising a top surface;
- a pad above the top surface of the base and angled obliquely relative to the top surface;
- and
- plural buttons radially supported by the pad and manipulable to input signals to a computer simulation.
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A method, comprising:
- providing a base;
- providing a pad above the base and obliquely angled with respect to a top surface of the base;
- and
- providing plural buttons supported by the pad and manipulable to control a computer simulation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.