Game controller
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1. A video game controller assembly for a video game and a receptor assembly comprising:
- a controller core unit including a housing formed with a top, bottom opposite sides and opposite ends, at least the top having a plurality of control buttons thereon, and a first connector provided in one of said opposite ends; and
a receptor having a shape substantially similar to a component appearing in the video game, said receptor adapted to receive said core unit.
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A video game controller for a video game and a receptor assembly may include a controller core unit including a housing formed with a top, bottom and opposite sides, at least the top having a plurality of control buttons thereon; and a base portion provided with a first connector; a receptor having a shape substantially similar to a component appearing in the video game. The receptor may be a gun-shaped sub-unit with a barrel portion and a gripper portion with an open slot adapted to receive the core unit.
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1. A video game controller assembly for a video game and a receptor assembly comprising:
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a controller core unit including a housing formed with a top, bottom opposite sides and opposite ends, at least the top having a plurality of control buttons thereon, and a first connector provided in one of said opposite ends; and
a receptor having a shape substantially similar to a component appearing in the video game, said receptor adapted to receive said core unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A gun-type game controller comprising:
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a first game control unit comprising a housing having a barrel portion and a gripper portion;
an aperture through a side of said barrel portion in a position permitting an index finger to be inserted therein when said gripper portion is held with a palm, a middle finger, a third finger, and a little finger of a user'"'"'s hand;
a first control switch member installed inside said aperture; and
wherein a mounting mechanism is installed in the barrel portion enabling mounting of a second game control unit in a freely detachable manner. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A game controller comprising a first control unit and a second control unit to which said first control unit can be mounted in a freely detachable manner, said first control unit comprising an elongated first housing with an imaging device in a forward end thereof for imaging a marker placed in a display in order to compute a pointed position on the display;
- and a first connector located in a rearward end thereof;
said second control unit comprising a second generally gun-shaped housing having an elongated barrel portion and a gripper portion formed rearwardly of said barrel portion;
an open slot in said barrel portion for receiving said first control unit;
an aperture in said barrel portion adjacent said gripper portion; and
a first control switch installed within said aperture, and a second control switch mounted above said first switch, at an interface between said barrel portion and said gripper portion. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27)
- and a first connector located in a rearward end thereof;
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28. A game controller and receptor assembly comprising:
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a core unit controller having forward and rearward ends, plural control buttons on an upper surface thereof, a trigger button on a lower surface thereof, and a first connector in a said rearward end thereof; and
a receptor sub-unit comprising a housing having a second connector adapted to receive said first connector to thereby electrically connect said core unit to said receptor sub-unit. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30)
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- 31. A receptor sub-unit adapted to receive a game controller core unit having plural control buttons on an upper surface thereof, a trigger button on a lower surface thereof, and a first connector in a rearward end thereof, said receptor sub-unit comprising means for physically and electrically attaching said core unit, and at least one control switch for performing a selected function of said core unit.
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