CONTROLLER AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A controller comprising:
- a transparent chamber comprising a plurality of pipe-shaped arms branching off in different directions to form a plurality of closed distal ends respectively;
a non-transparent liquid sealed in the transparent chamber so that an air bubble is formed within the transparent chamber and the air bubble is naturally located at a closed distal end that is located at the highest orientation due to the gravitational effect on the non-transparent liquid; and
a plurality of photoelectric sensors capped onto the closed distal ends respectively, each of the plurality of photoelectric sensors being configured for detecting which closed distal end the air bubble is located, thereby outputting a plurality of electrical signals.
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Abstract
An exemplary controller includes a transparent chamber, an opaque liquid, and four photoelectric sensors. The transparent chamber includes four pipe-shaped arms. The four pipe-shaped arms are in a common plane parallel to the vertical direction and extend away from a common end towards vertical up, horizontal left, vertical down, and horizontal right directions to form four closed distal ends when the controller is in a normal orientation. The opaque liquid is sealed within the transparent chamber so that an air bubble is formed within the transparent chamber. The four photoelectric sensors are U-shaped and cap the four closed distal ends respectively and are configured for detecting which closed distal end the air bubble is located, thereby outputting electrical signals to be coded as control signals.
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10 Claims
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1. A controller comprising:
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a transparent chamber comprising a plurality of pipe-shaped arms branching off in different directions to form a plurality of closed distal ends respectively; a non-transparent liquid sealed in the transparent chamber so that an air bubble is formed within the transparent chamber and the air bubble is naturally located at a closed distal end that is located at the highest orientation due to the gravitational effect on the non-transparent liquid; and a plurality of photoelectric sensors capped onto the closed distal ends respectively, each of the plurality of photoelectric sensors being configured for detecting which closed distal end the air bubble is located, thereby outputting a plurality of electrical signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic device comprising:
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a controller comprising; a transparent chamber comprising a plurality of pipe-shaped arms branching off in different directions to form a plurality of closed distal ends respectively; a non-transparent liquid sealed in the transparent chamber so that an air bubble is formed within the transparent chamber and the air bubble is naturally located at a closed distal end that is located at the highest orientation due to the gravitational effect on the non-transparent liquid; and a plurality of photoelectric sensors capped onto the closed distal ends respectively, each of the plurality of photoelectric sensors being configured for detecting which closed distal end the air bubble is located, thereby outputting a plurality of electrical signals; and a processor configured for coding the output electrical signal as a control signal; - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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