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Multi-positional three-dimensional controller

  • US 8,961,313 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2009
  • Issued: 02/24/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to provide input to a game console through a controller, the controller having a handle with a first end and a second end and a spherical input feature connected to the first end of the handle at a pivot point that is disposed along a length axis of the handle, the method comprising:

  • detecting an orientation of the controller using motion sensors integrated within the handle of the controller, the detected orientation determining when the controller is to operate in a joystick mode;

    detecting sensed contact of the spherical input object to a surface when in the joystick mode, the sensed contact being monitored by a sensor that is in communication with the pivot point;

    identifying torque information concerning the spherical input object for movements of the spherical input object relative to the pivot point; and

    transmitting the torque information to a game console, the torque information identifying rotation and compression of the spherical object that is mapped to direct interactive control of a program executed by a processor of the game console.

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