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Controller having accessory connectors for externalizing controls

  • US 10,286,304 B2
  • Filed: 03/03/2017
  • Issued: 05/14/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An accessory apparatus, comprising:

  • a housing;

    an internal microcontroller contained within the housing;

    an apparatus connector encased in the housing and exposed to an exterior environment, the apparatus connector being configured to mate with a corresponding accessory connector of a physical controller to electrically connect the internal microcontroller to the physical controller, the physical controller having a plurality of physical controls for triggering signals to control an application executed by a computing device;

    a plurality of auxiliary accessory connectors encased in the housing and exposed to the exterior environment, each auxiliary accessory connector being configured to enable a separate auxiliary user input device to operatively connect to the accessory apparatus and electrically connect with the internal microcontroller; and

    wherein the internal microcontroller is configured to;

    (1) receive an input control signal from an auxiliary user input device operatively connected to an auxiliary accessory connector of the plurality of auxiliary accessory connectors,(2) map the input control signal to a mapped control signal corresponding to a physical control of the plurality of physical controls, and(3) send the mapped control signal to the physical controller via the apparatus connector.

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