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US 6,102,802 AGranted
Game controller with analog pressure sensor(s)
OwnerBrad A. Armstronginventor
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A game controller of the type held in two hands simultaneously for controlling electronic games, including a housing, a plurality of depressible surfaces at least in-part exposed on the housing with the depressible surfaces in operational association with electricity manipulating devices contained within the housing and controlled by depression of the depressible surfaces for manipulating electrical outputs at least useful for controlling electronic games. At least one of the electricity manipulating devices is a pressure-sensitive variable-conductance sensor for creating an analog electrical output proportional to varying physical pressure applied to at least one depressible surface. The analog electrical output is output as a signal at least representational of the analog electrical output to an image generation machine for controlling electronic imagery. Also disclosed are methods of use and manufacture of game controllers having at least one pressure-sensitive analog sensor.
An improved controller of the type held in two hands simultaneously for controlling electronic imagery, said controller including a housing, a plurality of depressible surfaces at least in-part exposed on said housing with the depressible surfaces acting on electricity manipulating devices contained within said housing and controlled by depression of said depressible surfaces for manipulating electrical outputs at least useful for controlling electronic imagery;
A game controller structured to be held by a human user in two hands simultaneously, said controller comprising:
A game controller comprising
An improved method of using a game controller of the type structured to be held by a user in two hands simultaneously, the controller connected to an image generation machine connected to a visual display, in which a user's hand digits depress individual buttons upon a housing of the controller to manipulate imagery on the display, wherein the improvement includes;
An improved method of controlling action intensity of imagery within a visual display by way of depressing a depressible individual button on a housing of a two-hand held controller linked to an image generation machine which in turn is linked to the display;
An improved method of manufacturing a two-hand held type controller manufactured by way of assembling into a housing circuitry formed to be at least in-part a component of electricity manipulating devices and installing single digit depressible buttons in-part exposed on said housing and positioned to be depressed onto said electricity manipulating devices, wherein the improvement comprises;
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.