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.

    HANDHELD CONTROLLERS WITH SWAPPABLE CONTROLS

    公开(公告)号:US20200086211A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-19

    申请号:US16134612

    申请日:2018-09-18

    申请人: Valve Corporation

    IPC分类号: A63F13/24

    摘要: 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.