Video Game Controller

• US 20090197679A1
• Filed: 01/16/2009
• Published: 08/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eric J. Argentar
• Original Assignee: Eric J. Argentar
• Inventors: Argentar, Eric J.
• Application Number:
  US12/355,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20090197679A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/36
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/214 for locating contacts on a surface, e.g. floor mats or touch pads
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/215 comprising means for detecting acoustic signals, e.g. using a microphone
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/245 specially adapted to a particular type of game, e.g. steering wheels
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/26 having at least one additional display device, e.g. on the game controller or outside a game booth
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5255 according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/837 Shooting of targets
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/105 using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1062 being specially adapted to a type of game, e.g. steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1068 being specially adapted to detect the point of contact of the player on a surface, e.g. floor mat, touch pad
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1081 Input via voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/301 using an additional display connected to the game console, e.g. on the controller
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6676 by dedicated player input
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8076 Shooting

Abstract

Improvements relating to a control device for controlling a display of a computer system for use with a video game.

Claims

1. A control device for operation by a user for controlling a display of a computer system for use with a video game, the control device comprising:

a housing having a shape adapted to be handled by a user of a video game;

a first motion sensor included within said housing, said housing being adapted to be handled by the user for generating input information related to a vertical and a horizontal tilt of the control device;

a second motion sensor included within said housing adapted to be handled by the user for generating input information related to roll movement about an axis of the control device; and

a controller adapted to process the input information from the first provide to the computer system point of view information of an avatar in a video game virtual environment, and adapted to process said input information from the second sensor to provide to the computer system information representative of at least changes in an angular position of the avatar in the video game virtual environment.