Control unit for video games and the like
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    Control unit for video games and the like 失效
    视频游戏控制单元等

    公开(公告)号:US4488017A

    公开(公告)日:1984-12-11

    申请号:US464311

    申请日:1983-02-07

    申请人: Hugh M. Lee

    发明人: Hugh M. Lee

    摘要: Two embodiments of a multi-directional control unit for video games and the like are disclosed. In each embodiment, the control unit includes a base structure, a circuit board with directional circuit segments, a resilient conductive pad arranged adjacent the circuit segments on the circuit board, a raised matrix on the conductive pad normally maintaining the pad in spaced apart relation from the circuit segments, a control element movable relative to the base structure and a directional actuator coupled with the control element for response to relative movement between the control element and the base structure for applying pressure to the resilient pad and establishing electrical contact with one or more of the circuit segments on the circuit board. One of the embodiments is a hand-held unit with the control element being a joystick, auxiliary triggers being mounted on opposite sides of the hand held unit for establishing selective contact in an auxiliary circuit segment. The auxiliary triggers may be employed for example as a firing control. The other embodiment is a foot-operated control unit including a platform adapted to support the weight of an operator and includes an override switch responsive to the weight of the operator on the platform.

    摘要翻译: 公开了用于视频游戏等的多方向控制单元的两个实施例。 在每个实施例中,控制单元包括基座结构,具有定向电路段的电路板,邻近电路板上的电路段布置的弹性导电焊盘,导电焊盘上的凸起的矩阵,通常将焊盘保持与间隔开的关系, 所述电路段,可相对于所述基座结构移动的控制元件和与所述控制元件耦合的定向致动器,用于响应于所述控制元件和所述基座结构之间的相对运动,用于向所述弹性垫施加压力并建立与一个或多个 的电路板上的电路段。 实施例中的一个是具有控制元件是操纵杆的手持单元,辅助触发器安装在手持单元的相对侧上,用于在辅助电路段中建立选择性接触。 辅助触发器可以例如用作点火控制。 另一个实施例是脚踏操作的控制单元,其包括适于支撑操作者的重量的平台,并且包括响应于操作者在平台上的重量的超控开关。