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公开(公告)号:US11511186B2
公开(公告)日:2022-11-29
申请号:US17174167
申请日:2021-02-11
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Eric Judson VanWyk , Lucas Allen Whipple , Walter Petersen , Jeffrey Walter Mucha , Scott Dalton , Pierre-Loup Miguel Griffais
IPC: A63F13/24 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0338 , A63F13/214 , A63F13/285 , A63F13/218
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:US20210252388A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-19
申请号:US17174167
申请日:2021-02-11
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Eric Judson VanWyk , Lucas Allen Whipple , Walter Petersen , Jeffrey Walter Mucha , Scott Dalton , Pierre-Loup Miguel Griffais
IPC: A63F13/24 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0338 , A63F13/214 , A63F13/218 , A63F13/285
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:USD1036548S1
公开(公告)日:2024-07-23
申请号:US29782232
申请日:2021-05-05
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Designer: Benoit Collette , John Ikeda , Jeremy Slocum , Walter Petersen , Pierre-Loup Miguel Griffais , Lucas Allen Whipple , Carl Samuel Conlee, IV
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a top, front, right-side perspective view of an electronic device;
FIG. 2 is a top, back, left-side perspective view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a bottom, front, left-side perspective view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom, back, right-side perspective view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a top view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a bottom view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right-side view thereof;
FIG. 8 is a left-side view thereof;
FIG. 9 is a front view thereof; and,
FIG. 10 is a back view thereof.
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公开(公告)号:US20210252383A1
公开(公告)日:2021-08-19
申请号:US17174216
申请日:2021-02-11
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Eric Judson VanWyk , Lucas Allen Whipple , John Ikeda , Benoit Collette
IPC: A63F13/214 , G06F3/16 , A63F13/218 , A63F13/24 , A63F13/98 , G06F3/01 , H04R5/04 , A63F13/215
Abstract: Controllers that allow for adjusting various features of the controller are disclosed. The controller may include may include one or more speakers for outputting sound or audio content. A user may contact one or more of the speakers with a finger(s) to adjust a characteristic of the audio content and/or to adjust audio settings. For example, a user may touch a speaker with his/her finger to change (e.g., increase or decrease) the volume or to mute the sound. In some instances, the speakers may be located on the controller body of the handheld controller for convenient and quick access by the user.
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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:US11458386B2
公开(公告)日:2022-10-04
申请号:US17174216
申请日:2021-02-11
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Eric Judson VanWyk , Lucas Allen Whipple , John Ikeda , Benoit Collette
IPC: A63F13/214 , G06F3/16 , A63F13/215 , G06F3/01 , H04R5/04 , A63F13/24 , A63F13/218
Abstract: Controllers that allow for adjusting various features of the controller are disclosed. The controller may include may include one or more speakers for outputting sound or audio content. A user may contact one or more of the speakers with a finger(s) to adjust a characteristic of the audio content and/or to adjust audio settings. For example, a user may touch a speaker with his/her finger to change (e.g., increase or decrease) the volume or to mute the sound. In some instances, the speakers may be located on the controller body of the handheld controller for convenient and quick access by the user.
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公开(公告)号:US20250061787A1
公开(公告)日:2025-02-20
申请号:US18450262
申请日:2023-08-15
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Lucas Allen Whipple , Richard Karstens
IPC: G08B6/00
Abstract: Described herein is a broadband haptic system for a controller of a controller system to provide enhanced haptic functionality. A control, such as a trackpad, of the controller may include a cover, a circuit board disposed behind the cover and coupled to the cover, a haptic actuator mounted to the circuit board, and a spring disposed behind the cover, the spring being coupled to the cover and mounted to a housing of the controller. The haptic actuator is configured to vibrate and the spring is configured to deflect bidirectionally in response to a vibration of the haptic actuator. Furthermore, the haptic actuator has a first resonant frequency, and the control has a second resonant frequency different than the first resonant frequency to provide a broadband haptic system for the controller.
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公开(公告)号:US20230246531A1
公开(公告)日:2023-08-03
申请号:US18105099
申请日:2023-02-02
Applicant: Valve Corporation
Inventor: Brett Thomas Angelo , Lucas Allen Whipple
Abstract: A multi-coil voice coil motor (VCM) may be configured to be used as a haptic actuator for providing haptic feedback to a user. When implemented in a handheld controller having one or more controls, the multi-coil VCM may be configured to provide haptic feedback to a user of the controller. The multi-coil VCM may include a housing, multiple concentric coils, and a magnet coupled to the housing. The multiple concentric coils may include a first coil disposed on a first support coupled to the housing and a second coil disposed on a second support coupled to the housing, wherein the multiple concentric coils may have different diameters to allow for the concentricity of the coils. A system may include one or more haptic actuators, such as the multi-coil VCM, the haptic actuator(s) being configured to provide haptic feedback by causing at least a portion of a finger-operated control(s) to vibrate.
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公开(公告)号:US20230085784A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-23
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: A63F13/24 , G06F3/0354 , G06F3/01 , G06F3/0338 , A63F13/214 , A63F13/285 , A63F13/218
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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