Manually held tilt sensitive non-joystick control box
April 10, 2010. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3809395 Pistol grip controller Freestanding multidirectional electrical control device Hand-held game apparatus Directional controller apparatus for a video or computer input Multi-directional switch Thumb-controlled, hand-held joystick Video game control unit and attitude sensor Body-mounted video game exercise device Invertible hand-held electronic game apparatus Patent #: 4969647 InventorsApplicationNo. 507249 filed on 04/10/1990US Classes:345/158, Including orientation sensors (e.g., infrared, ultrasonic, remotely controlled)200/61.47, Conducting fluid type200/61.52, Tilt responsive273/148B, All video game accessories345/156DISPLAY PERIPHERAL INTERFACE INPUT DEVICEExaminersPrimary: Oberley, Alvin E.Assistant: Liang, R. International ClassG09G 003/02AbstractA control device having a boxlike shaped enclosure that is held with both hands for tiling to produce corresponding tilt attitude control signals while the fingers of both hands are used to actuate switches symmetrically disposed on the top section of the enclosure to produce auxiliary control signals. The device is a non-joystick control box that provides easy reference to neutral and equally accommodates both left and right handed persons for rapid control of computers, video games, toys, vehicles, models, and machinery to which it is interfaced. The enclosuure can be contoured to represent the shape of the object being controlled.Other References
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