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VIDEO GAME SYSTEM WITH WIRELESS MODULAR HANDHELD CONTROLLER

  • US 20070066394A1
  • Filed: 09/15/2006
  • Published: 03/22/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video game remote controller comprising:

  • a housing that can be comfortably held in one hand by a user, said housing including an upper control surface and a lower surface, said lower surface being curved, in use the fingers of a user curling around the curved lower surface to allow the user to easily grasp and hold the housing and control the orientation thereof, in use the user'"'"'s thumb extending in a suspended manner over the upper control surface, the housing curved lower surface defining a depression therein positioned and dimensioned so as to accept the user'"'"'s trigger finger;

    at least one depressible control disposed on the upper control surface, the user'"'"'s thumb being suspended at least in part over and able to descend down onto the depressible control so as to depress and operate said depressible control while the user grasps said housing;

    at least one further depressible control disposed at least in part within said housing curved lower surface depression, said user in use being able to selectively depress said further depressible control by squeezing the further depressible control with the user'"'"'s trigger finger;

    wherein said housing can sense, at least in part, its own orientation.

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