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公开(公告)号:US20200164269A1
公开(公告)日:2020-05-28
申请号:US16201782
申请日:2018-11-27
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Austin Palmer , Cheang Tad Yoo , Brian David Hensley , Michael J. Goerz , Scott Dalton , Ian Campbell , Christopher Lee Bjordhal , Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen
IPC: A63F13/24 , A63F13/214 , G06F3/0354
Abstract: Described herein are, among other things, handheld controllers that include one or more touchpads (i.e., touch-sensitive controls) configured to detachably couple to one or more overlays that effectively transform the respective touchpad into a different control. For instance, one example handheld controller may include a circular trackpad that is configured to detect a position of a finger on a top surface of the trackpad. This position may be used to control a cursor or avatar, for scrolling, or for any other type of command. In general, most or all of the top surface may be usable by a user for providing input to the controller and/or a remote system coupled to the controller. As described herein, however, one or more different overlays may detachably couple to a housing of the controller and/or the trackpad itself to effectively change the use of the trackpad.
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公开(公告)号:US20190291000A1
公开(公告)日:2019-09-26
申请号:US15934725
申请日:2018-03-23
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Ian Campbell , Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen , Brian Hensley , Scott Dalton , Michael Jacob Goerz , Cheng Tad Yoo
IPC: A63F13/218 , A63F13/24 , A63F13/214 , G06F3/0488 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/044
Abstract: Described herein are, among other things, handheld controllers having touch-sensitive controls, as well as methods for use of the touch-sensitive controls and methods for assembling the handheld controllers. An example handheld controller may include a top-surface control (e.g., a “trigger button”) that includes a switch, a pressure sensor, and a touch sensor for detecting a presence, location, and/or gesture of a finger on the top-surface control.
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公开(公告)号:US12239903B2
公开(公告)日:2025-03-04
申请号:US17994952
申请日:2022-11-28
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Eric Judson VanWyk , Lucas Allen Whipple , Walter Petersen , Jeffrey Walter Mucha , Scott Dalton , Pierre-Loup Miguel Griffais
IPC: A63F13/285 , A63F13/214 , A63F13/218 , A63F13/24 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0338 , G06F3/0354
Abstract: Described herein are controllers with sensor-rich controls for enhanced controller functionality. An example control may include a pressure sensor that is configured to detect an amount of a force of a press on a cover of the control based at least in part on a proximity of a metal layer to the pressure sensor. This control may further include a touch sensor for detecting an object contacting the cover of the control. Additional embodiments disclose, among other things, integrated trackpads and D-pads, as well as backlighting features that indicate a functional state of the controller.
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公开(公告)号:US20210275906A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-09
申请号:US17303391
申请日:2021-05-27
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Austin Palmer , Ian Campbell , Scott Dalton
IPC: A63F13/2145 , G06F3/0346 , G06F3/044 , A63F13/24 , G06F3/0338
Abstract: A handheld controller may include a movable control that is usable for activating and deactivating a motion control feature of the handheld controller based on a detection of, or a failure to detect, a finger contacting a surface of the movable control. For example, a touch sensor associated with the movable control may provide touch sensor data indicative of a proximity of a finger relative to the movable control, and based on this touch sensor data, the motion control feature of the handheld controller can be toggled on and off, depending on whether the finger is contacting the movable control or not. When the motion control feature is activated, motion sensor data from a motion sensor(s) is sent to an application (e.g., a video game) as application input. When the motion control feature is deactivated, the motion sensor data is not used as application input.
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公开(公告)号:US11052311B2
公开(公告)日:2021-07-06
申请号:US16663041
申请日:2019-10-24
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Iestyn Bleasdale-Shepherd , Scott Dalton , Richard Kaethler
Abstract: A trained machine learning model(s) is used to determine scores (e.g., trust scores) for user accounts registered with a video game service, and the scores are used to match players together in multiplayer video game settings. For example, sensor data received from client machines can be provided as input to the trained machine learning model(s), and the trained machine learning model(s) generates scores as output, which relate to probabilities that the game control data received from those client machines was generated by handheld devices, as opposed to having been synthesized and/or modified using software. In this manner, subsets of logged-in user accounts executing a video game can be assigned to different matches (e.g., by isolating non-human players from human players) based at least in part on the scores determined for those logged-in user accounts, and the video game is executed in the assigned match for each logged-in user account.
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公开(公告)号:US10806993B2
公开(公告)日:2020-10-20
申请号:US16134612
申请日:2018-09-18
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Michael J. Goerz , Ian Campbell , Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen , Brian David Hensley , Scott Dalton , Christopher Lee Bjordhal , Gregory Martin Matelich, II
Abstract: Described herein are, among other things, handheld controllers that include housings having one or more receiver portions for detachably coupling to one or more controls. For example, a housing of one such controller may include, on a front surface of the housing, a receiver that is configured to detachably couple to one or more joysticks, one or more D-pads, one or more track pads, one or more buttons, and/or the like. In some instances, a user may swap a first control for a second control based on a current application (e.g., game title) that the user is playing, based on comfort of the user, and/or for any other reason.
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公开(公告)号:US20200086211A1
公开(公告)日:2020-03-19
申请号:US16134612
申请日:2018-09-18
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Michael J. Goerz , Ian Campbell , Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen , Brian David Hensley , Scott Dalton , Christopher Lee Bjordhal
IPC: A63F13/24
Abstract: Described herein are, among other things, handheld controllers that include housings having one or more receiver portions for detachably coupling to one or more controls. For example, a housing of one such controller may include, on a front surface of the housing, a receiver that is configured to detachably couple to one or more joysticks, one or more D-pads, one or more track pads, one or more buttons, and/or the like. In some instances, a user may swap a first control for a second control based on a current application (e.g., game title) that the user is playing, based on comfort of the user, and/or for any other reason.
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