Games controllers
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1. A controller for a microprocessor-based unit, said controller comprising:
- a handlebar assembly which can be held by a user and which includes at least one input device adapted to generate input signals for supply to a microprocessor-based unit, at least one of said at least one input device being responsive to movement of said handlebar assembly by said user.
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Abstract
A controller is disclosed, especially but not exclusively, for use in combination with an exercise apparatus. The controller comprises in one arrangement a handlebar assembly and one or more input devices, of at least one of the input device being responsive to movement of the handlebars. The controller may include a support such as a handlebar stem, and may provide output signals to a microprocessor in turn to control operation of a programme running on the microprocessor.
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1. A controller for a microprocessor-based unit, said controller comprising:
a handlebar assembly which can be held by a user and which includes at least one input device adapted to generate input signals for supply to a microprocessor-based unit, at least one of said at least one input device being responsive to movement of said handlebar assembly by said user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 60, 62, 63)
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38. A controller for a microprocessor based unit, said controller comprising;
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a handlebar assembly comprising a handlebar which can be held by a user and a handlebar support which rotably supports said handlebar;
wherein said handlebar assembly includes at least one input device generating signals indicative of movement of the handlebars by said user;
and wherein said handlebar support supports said handlebar such that said handlebar may rotate in three roughly perpendicular directions relative to said handlebar support.
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39. A controller for a microprocessor based unit, said controller comprising:
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a handlebar assembly comprising a handlebar which can be held by a user and a handlebar support which rotably supports said handlebar;
wherein said handlebar assembly includes at least one input device generating signals indicative of movement of the handlebars by said user;
and wherein said handlebar support supports said handlebar such that said handlebar may rotate in two roughly perpendicular directory relative to said handlebar support and may translate in a further direction relative to said handlebar support.
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52. An exercise apparatus comprising;
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a programmable microprocessor-based unit including a receiving means adapted to receive signals from a programmable cartridge or other programme storage device that provides programme instructions for controlling operation of said programmable microprocessor-based unit;
output means through which output signals can be passed from said microprocessor to a display;
said display adapted to display images dependent upon said output signals from said microprocessor-based unit;
an exercise device adapted to allow a user to perform a range of movements associated with a sport in which said exercise device includes a resistance setting means which is adjustable to vary the amount of effort required from said user to perform a movement on said exercise device; and
a controller comprising at least one input device adapted to supply signals to the microprocessor-based unit to modify the operation of said programme instructions running on said microprocessor in turn to modify said images displayed on said display;
wherein at least one of said input devices is responsive to said movements of said user on said exercise device and at least one resistance input device is provided which is responsive to the setting of said resistance setting means of said exercise apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59, 61)
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