| 序号 | 专利名 | 申请号 | 申请日 | 公开（公告）号 | 公开（公告）日 | 发明人 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | HAIR TRIGGER TRAVEL STOP WITH ON-DEMAND SWITCHING | US14723185 | 2015-05-27 | US20160351362A1 | 2016-12-01 | Jason Victor Tsai; Kenneth Dennis Jasinski; Jonathan Shea Robinson; Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway |
| Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are provided for a user input device, such as a game controller. The user input device includes a finger depressible trigger button, a trigger travel path adjustment assembly that resides in an internal cavity of a housing of the user input device, and a finger switch configured to be switched between a plurality of selectable positions in real-time (e.g., during game play). A first selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a first distance. A second selectable position of the finger switch enables the trigger button to be depressed a second distance that is greater than the first distance. | ||||||
| 62 | SWITCH UNIT AND GAME MACHINE | US15130631 | 2016-04-15 | US20160335844A1 | 2016-11-17 | Taichi Onoyama; Hiroyuki Onitsuka; Masaaki Sumi; Takehiro Agata; Masataka Kimura |
| A switch unit has a display part configured to display an image, and an operation part provided on the display part in a stacked manner. The operation part includes a plurality of press buttons each having a pressable top surface formed to be transparent, a transparent base having a plurality of openings which are formed so as to be spaced from each other in positions corresponding to a display region of the display part, while avoiding a peripheral edge of the display region, a transparent substrate provided below the base and mounted with an electronic component, and a top plate having openings in positions corresponding to the press buttons and provided on the base, with the press buttons mounted thereon, so as to cover the base. | ||||||
| 63 | KEY APPARATUS | US14543370 | 2014-11-17 | US20160064164A1 | 2016-03-03 | CHIA-SHOU CHANG; HUANG-CHIN LIAO; YAO-CHE PENG |
| A key apparatus includes a housing, a printed circuit board (PCB), a fixing mechanism, and a key mechanism. The fixing mechanism mounted on the PCB. The key mechanism is rotatably fixed on the fixing mechanism. Partial of the key mechanism is exposed from the housing. The fixing mechanism comprises a resistor portion for providing a changeable resistance to the PCB. The key mechanism drives the resistor portion to rotate simultaneously for changing a resistance of resistor portion provided to the PCB. A rotating axis of the key mechanism is coaxial with a rotating axis of the resistor portion. | ||||||
| 64 | Image controller | US11240327 | 2005-09-30 | US09081426B2 | 2015-07-14 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| An image controller structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as a component of the controller for providing vibration to be felt by a user. Inputs to the controller include a move forward command, a move back command, a move left command, a move right command, a move up command, and a move down command. | ||||||
| 65 | COMMAND BUTTON FOR A GAME PAD AND GAME PAD EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A BUTTON | US14591481 | 2015-01-07 | US20150194279A1 | 2015-07-09 | Damien Rubio |
| A command button for a game pad, in the form of a joystick, including a first element, called base element, provided to be fixed in/on the pad and to interact with a detector element of the pad, and a second element, called actuator element, provided to be removably or detachably fixed on the base element. | ||||||
| 66 | Multidirectional switch and toy including a multidirectional switch | US12914148 | 2010-10-28 | US08461468B2 | 2013-06-11 | Bruce Cannon |
| A multidirectional switch includes a base, a weight coupled to the base via resilient member, and at least first and second contacts coupled to the base. The weight is biased toward a neutral position spaced from the first and second contacts. The weight is movable toward and contacts the first contact when a first force is applied to the base, which deforms the resilient member in a first direction. The weight is movable toward and contacts the second contact when a second force is applied to the base, which deforms the resilient member in a second direction different than the first direction. | ||||||
| 67 | Image controller | US09893292 | 2001-06-26 | US07345670B2 | 2008-03-18 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| An image controller structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as a component of the controller for providing vibration to be felt by a user. Some preferred embodiments also incorporate proportional sensors allowing user variable inputs to cause imagery to be variably controlled. | ||||||
| 68 | Image controller | US11241618 | 2005-09-30 | US20060028441A1 | 2006-02-09 | Brad Armstrong |
| An image controller having a first member movable on at least two axes and a second member movable on at least two axes structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. Some preferred embodiments also incorporate an active tactile feedback vibrator for providing vibration to be felt by a user and proportional sensors allowing user variable inputs to cause imagery to be variably controlled. | ||||||
| 69 | Image controller | US11240327 | 2005-09-30 | US20060028436A1 | 2006-02-09 | Brad Armstrong |
| An image controller structured for allowing inputs to be converted or translated into electrical outputs, one preferred controller structured with at least a sufficient number of sensors to aid in controlling three-dimensional objects and navigating a three-dimensional viewpoint shown by a display. An active tactile feedback vibrator is mounted as a component of the controller for providing vibration to be felt by a user. Inputs to the controller include a move forward command, a move back command, a move left command, a move right command, a move up command, and a move down command. | ||||||
| 70 | Electronic equipment, recording medium and method for changing parameter settings of the electronic equipment or computer | US09758043 | 2001-01-10 | US06771251B2 | 2004-08-03 | Nobuhiro Komata |
| An electronic equipment which provides an easier-to-use interface for the changing of the settings of various parameters on an LCD panel or the screen of a computer by the pushing by a user of a simple ON/OFF switch or holding it down, includes a switch connected to a pressure-sensitive unit, a processing circuit that performs processing depending on an output value of the switch, and a display unit that displays the results of processing of the processing circuit. The processing circuit changes the settings of parameters of electronic equipment in increments depending on the output value of the switch. | ||||||
| 71 | Analog controls housed with electronic displays for personal digital assistants | US09699853 | 2000-10-30 | US06559831B1 | 2003-05-06 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| A portable personal computer including a housing sized to be held in a single hand during use of the computer, allowing the free hand to input data. The housing at least in part supports a general image display, and a proportional sensor for creating a varying value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to a depressible surface of the sensor. Multiple proportional sensors are sometimes utilized. In one preferred embodiment the proportional sensor(s) include resilient dome cap(s) for providing tactile feedback to the finger depressing the depressible surface. Circuitry within the housing is connected to the sensor for reading the varying value from the sensor and causing representative varying of the imagery shown by the display. | ||||||
| 72 | Remote control device | US09658617 | 2000-09-08 | US06509848B1 | 2003-01-21 | Hiroki Ogata; Kazusato Tagawa; Hiroyuki Nakazawa |
| A remote control device for remotely controlling an AV (audio visual) device includes an analog switch (30) formed of an operating element (31 or 41) and a pressure-sensitive resistor (35) which outputs a signal with various levels depending upon a pressing force applied to the operating element (31 or 41). By employing the analog switch (30 ) in a control button of the remote control device, it becomes possible to output a signal having various levels depending upon a pressing force applied to the control button (31 or 41). This allows a single control button to be used for a plurality of functions. Thus, it is possible to reduce the number of buttons, and a user can easily operate the remote control device in a simpler fashion. | ||||||
| 73 | Analog controls housed with electronic displays for telephones | US09699655 | 2000-10-30 | US06470078B1 | 2002-10-22 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| A telephone having a general image display and including a pressure-sensitive analog or proportional sensor for creating a varying value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to the sensor. Multiple analog or proportional sensors are sometimes utilized. In one preferred embodiment the proportional or analog sensor(s) include resilient dome cap(s) for providing tactile feedback to the finger depressing the sensor. Circuitry within a housing is connected to the proportional or analog sensor for reading the varying value from the sensor and causing representative varying of the imagery shown by the display. | ||||||
| 74 | Analog controls housed with electronic displays for hand-held web browsers | US09699854 | 2000-10-30 | US06469691B1 | 2002-10-22 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| A hand-held web browser for establishing contact with a computer network, the browser including a housing, a general image display in the housing, a proportional sensor for creating a varying value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to a depressible surface of the sensor. Multiple proportional sensors are sometimes utilized. In one preferred embodiment the proportional sensor(s) include resilient dome cap(s) for providing tactile feedback to the finger depressing the depressible surface. Circuitry within the housing is connected to the sensor for reading the varying value from the sensor and causing representative varying of the imagery shown by the display. | ||||||
| 75 | Operating device having operating button adapted to slide in housing while being pushed to effect switching operation | US09481107 | 2000-01-11 | US06459058B1 | 2002-10-01 | Akihiro Shinohe; Masahiro Soma |
| An operating device to be used, for example, as an input portion for a game controller. The operating device comprises a housing, a push button, and a switch base comprising a switch portion and a support base. The housing is provided with a support member for supporting the switch base and is also provided with an anti-dislodgement retaining portion for preventing the push button from coming off to the exterior from the housing. The push button is provided with a retaining lug for engagement with the anti-dislodgement retaining portion of the housing and is also provided with a retaining lug for engagement with the support base in the switch base. The support base is provided with an anti-dislodgement retaining portion for engagement with the retaining lug of the push button and is also provided with a guide portion. With this guide portion, the movement of the push button is guided in its pushing direction and is prevented from wobbling in the vertical direction. | ||||||
| 76 | Analog controls housed with electronic displays for voice recorders | US73358600 | 2000-12-08 | US6404584B2 | 2002-06-11 | ARMSTRONG BRAD A |
| A voice recorder including a housing having a general image display mounted therein, and further including a pressure-sensitive variable-conductance sensor for creating a varying analog value according to varying depression applied by a finger of a human user to the analog sensor. Multiple analog sensors are sometimes utilized. In one preferred embodiment the analog sensor(s) include resilient dome cap(s) for providing tactile feedback to the finger depressing the analog sensor. Circuitry within the housing is connected to the analog sensor for reading the varying analog value from the analog sensor and causing representative varying of the imagery shown by the display. | ||||||
| 77 | Proportional controls used with displayed imagery | US10028071 | 2001-12-21 | US20020055384A1 | 2002-05-09 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| Proportional (or analog) controls for controlling imagery shown by a display, and more particularly electronic game imagery shown on a television. Proportional controls creating signals according to varying depression applied by a finger or thumb finger of a human user to the proportional control. In one preferred embodiment the proportional controls include resilient dome caps for providing tactile feedback to the user. In another preferred embodiment the proportional controls are included in a controller with active tactile feedback. In another preferred embodiment multiple axes of input are taught and the structures of the various preferred embodiments are taught in combination for controlling three-dimensional electronic game imagery and communicating tactile feedback to the user. | ||||||
| 78 | Variable sensor with tactile feedback | US09599095 | 2000-06-21 | US06344791B1 | 2002-02-05 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| Structures and methods for using an analog sensor in combination with a user discernable snap-through threshold feedback, the feedback may be created by a dome-cap element of the sensor. The threshold feedback, sensed by a human user's finger, indicates activation and deactivation of the analog sensor. Tactile analog sensor(s) are structurally combined with: a second kind of tactile feedback referred to as active tactile feedback, flexible sheet sensor elements, pivotal analog buttons, and game imagery controls. | ||||||
| 79 | Controller with convexed surface analog pressure sensor | US09729753 | 2000-11-30 | US20010008848A1 | 2001-07-19 | Brad A. Armstrong |
| 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. Disclosed are controllers and methods of manufacture of controllers having at least one pressure-sensitive analog sensor of deformable material with an apex surface which variably flattens-out under variable pressure against at least one conductive trace surface to increase surface contact and vary conductivity. | ||||||
| 80 | Hand held control key device including multiple switch arrangements | US851694 | 1997-05-06 | US6153843A | 2000-11-28 | Toshinori Date; Johnny D. Couch; Sarah Mason Richmond |
| A control-key device is provided for use as a controller for a video game including a direction specifying key mounted on a housing which an operator manipulates to control the play of a video game, where the surface of said direction specifying key comprises a combination of concave portions to facilitate use of the direction specifying key. The unit preferably comprises a push button and a housing including a hole through which the push button protrudes. The housing extends along a plane wherein said plane intersects a plane perpendicular to an axis of said push button at a predetermined angle, and said plane of said housing also extending parallel to a plane defined by the surface of said push button. In a preferred embodiment, the push button is mounted in a manner such that the push button has a rotation axis and a plurality of operating surfaces, where each of said plurality of operating surfaces includes a projection that forms a surface perpendicular to the rotational direction defined by said rotation axis. | ||||||
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