Foot-actuated computer game controller serving as a joystick

A controller electrically interfaced to a video game computer or the like for the purpose of controlling a progression of a video game or the like, the controller comprising:

• a platform presenting at its upper surface a relatively flat surface on which a human user may suitably stand, and having and presenting at its lower surface a multiplicity of points at which a plurality of sensor housings may be individually attached;
• a like plurality of independently activatable sensor unit means;
• a like plurality of sensor unit housings means, attachable to the lower surface of the platform at a plurality of points, for variably retaining the plurality of sensor unit means each at a user-selectable variable location relative to the point of attachment, and a variable distance of separation of one sensor unit means to the next;
• a video game control unit means, located remotely from any one of the plurality of sensor unit means, for receiving the individual detection signals from individual ones of the sensor unit means, and for producing therefrom electrical signals suitable to be received by the video game computer or the like for the purpose of controlling the progression of a video game or the like;
• wherein the physical position of individual sensors of the plurality of sensor unit means may be arbitrarily predetermined, at the human's discretion, so that his/her subsequent selective actuation of selective ones of the plurality of sensor unit means with his/her appendage for controlling the progression of the video game or the like may be rendered relatively more or less difficult depending upon the distance of separation, and the area covered, by the sensor unit means' positioning.

An adjustable sensor cartridge assembly for use with a video game controller comprising:

• a sensor having and defining a threaded central bore and actuatable by the presence of a human appendage for producing an electrical signal usable by a video game controller;
• an elongated collar, located at a predetermined position relative to a human user, defining a longitudinally extending cavity;
• and
• a threaded shaft rotatably mounted in the collar's cavity and meshing with the threads within the bore of the sensor unit;
• wherein rotation of the shaft causes the engaged sensor to travel axially along the shaft within the collar's cavity so as to selectively position the sensor within the collar's cavity and relative to the human user.