Hand-held gaming device with touch sensitive panel(s) for gaming input

a gaming input and touch-sensitive technology, applied in the field of electronic gaming devices, can solve the problems of overwhelming the expense and complexity of multiple game controllers for some users, and the complex gaming environment in which these gaming inputs are received

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-05-19
AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
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The gaming environment in which these gaming inputs are received is very complex, providing a fairly realistic experience for a user of the gaming device / console.
While some games supported by a game console may support only a few gaming inputs, other games require a large number of gaming inputs.
The expense and complexity of the multiple game controllers can be overwhelming for some users from a cost standpoint.
Because of the limited battery life available for these units, their functionality has been limited in some regard.
Such technology is very old and has been prevalent for a number of years.
However, one problem with these devices is that the operation generally of the set-top box is generic to all users and must be uniquely programmed if desired for a particular user.

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[0049]FIG. 1 is a system diagram illustrating a video game system constructed according to one or more embodiments of the present invention. The gaming system 100 of FIG. 1 includes a game console 102 and a plurality of game controllers 108A, 108B, and 108C. The game console 102 couples to an audio / visual system 104 that includes a video monitor and an audio system. The game console 102 also couples to an infrared (IR) detector 106.

[0050]The game controllers 108A, 108B, and 108C communicate with the game console 102 via one or more of a wired and / or wireless communication link. The wired communication link may be a tethered controller including conductors that support wired communications. Wireless communications may be in various RF frequency bands and / or in the infrared range. Thus, each of the game controllers 108A, 108B, and 108C includes communication circuitry that allow the game controllers 108A, 108B, and 108C to communicate with the game console 102.

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Operating a game controller by receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input corresponds to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the game controller and the at least partially processed touch pad input is transmitted to a game console via a communications interface of the game controller for use as gaming input. At least partially processing the touch pad input can be by determining hand/foot position, changes in hand/foot position, hand grip/foot pressure, changes in hand grip/foot pressure based upon the touch pad input.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO PRIORITY APPLICATION[0001]The present U.S. Utility Patent Application claims priority pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §119(e) to U.S. Provisional Application Ser. No. 61 / 261,702, entitled “TOUCH PAD USER IDENTIFICATION, GAMING INPUT, AND PREFERENCE INPUT,” (Attorney Docket No. BP20924), filed Nov. 16, 2009, pending, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference in its entirety and made part of the present U.S. Utility Patent Application for all purposes.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to electronic gaming devices; and more particularly to game controllers of video gaming devices.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]User gaming devices are fairly well known. These devices include game consoles with communicatively coupled controllers such as Nintendo game consoles, Sony game consoles, Microsoft game consoles, and various other game console devices. These game consoles couple to a television, m...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A63F13/00
CPCG06F3/033G06F21/32
Inventor LUKAS, BOBSOBEL, DAVID A.FU, QIANGRANGANATHAN, SUMANTKARAOGUZ, JEYHANKWAN, TOM W.
Owner AVAGO TECH WIRELESS IP SINGAPORE PTE
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