Polymorphic firearm controller
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1. A firearm game controller, comprising:
- a plurality of manual mock firearm actions selected from a group of manual mock firearm actions consisting of a mock bolt action, a mock lever action, a mock break action, a mock pump action, and a mock revolver action, associated with a first weapon mode, to generate a load command when one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions is operated by a user;
an automatic or semiautomatic mock firearm action, including an ammunition magazine holder having a detector for detecting the presence of a mock ammunition magazine, associated with a second weapon mode, to generate the load command when the ammunition magazine is inserted by the user into the ammunition magazine holder causing the detector to detect the presence of the mock ammunition magazine; and
a weapon mode selector to select the first weapon mode, to enable the one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions when the one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions is operated by the user and to select the second weapon mode, and to enable the automatic or semiautomatic mock firearm action when the presence of the mock ammunition magazine is detected in the ammunition magazine holder.
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Abstract
A game controller includes a first mock firearm action associated with a first weapon mode and a second mock firearm action associated with a second weapon mode. If first mock firearm action is enabled, it can generate a load command when the first mock firearm action is operated. If second mock firearm action is enabled, it can generate a load command when the second mock firearm action is operated. The game controller includes a mode selector, to enable the first mock firearm action when the game controller is in the first weapon mode and to enable the second mock firearm action when the game controller is in the second weapon mode.
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1. A firearm game controller, comprising:
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a plurality of manual mock firearm actions selected from a group of manual mock firearm actions consisting of a mock bolt action, a mock lever action, a mock break action, a mock pump action, and a mock revolver action, associated with a first weapon mode, to generate a load command when one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions is operated by a user; an automatic or semiautomatic mock firearm action, including an ammunition magazine holder having a detector for detecting the presence of a mock ammunition magazine, associated with a second weapon mode, to generate the load command when the ammunition magazine is inserted by the user into the ammunition magazine holder causing the detector to detect the presence of the mock ammunition magazine; and a weapon mode selector to select the first weapon mode, to enable the one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions when the one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions is operated by the user and to select the second weapon mode, and to enable the automatic or semiautomatic mock firearm action when the presence of the mock ammunition magazine is detected in the ammunition magazine holder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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sensing a user operating a one of a plurality of mock firearm actions by a firearm controller, the plurality of mock firearm actions comprising a plurality of manual mock firearm actions selected from a group of manual mock firearm actions consisting of;
a mock bolt action, a mock lever action, a mock break action, a mock pump action, and a mock revolver action, the one of the plurality of mock firearm actions associated with a first weapon mode, and generating a load command when one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions is operated by the user;sensing a user operating an automatic mock firearm action or a semiautomatic mock firearm action, including detecting a presence of a mock ammunition magazine in a mock ammunition magazine holder, the automatic mock firearm action and the semiautomatic mock firearm action associated with second weapon mode, and generating a load command when the ammunition magazine is inserted by the user into the ammunition magazine holder; selecting via a weapon mode selector the first weapon mode, to enable the one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions when the one of the plurality of manual mock firearm actions is operated by the user and to select the second weapon mode, and to enable the automatic or semiautomatic mock firearm action when the presence of the mock ammunition magazine is detected in the ammunition magazine holder. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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