HAND-HELD CONTROLLER WITH A BACK SHELL AND UNDERLYING FORCE SENSITIVE RESISTORS

    公开(公告)号:US20190118080A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US15630081

    申请日:2017-06-22

    申请人: VALVE CORPORATION

    IPC分类号: A63F13/24

    摘要: A hand-held controller includes a controller body having a front and a back, with at least one thumb control on the front of the controller body. A back shell on the back of the controller body has left and right portions, each having top and bottom regions. A first force sensitive resistor (FSR) underlies the top region of the left portion of the back shell. A second FSR underlies the bottom region of the left portion of the back shell. A third FSR underlies the top region of the right portion of the back shell. A fourth FSR underlies the bottom region of the right portion of the back shell.

    Using finger presence to activate a motion control feature for a handheld controller

    公开(公告)号:US11491392B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-11-08

    申请号:US17303391

    申请日:2021-05-27

    申请人: Valve Corporation

    摘要: 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.

    HANDHELD CONTROLLERS WITH DETACHABLE OVERLAYS

    公开(公告)号:US20200164269A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-05-28

    申请号:US16201782

    申请日:2018-11-27

    申请人: Valve Corporation

    摘要: 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.

    USING FINGER PRESENCE TO ACTIVATE A MOTION CONTROL FEATURE FOR A HANDHELD CONTROLLER

    公开(公告)号:US20210275906A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-09-09

    申请号:US17303391

    申请日:2021-05-27

    申请人: Valve Corporation

    摘要: 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.