Adjustable Game Controller Operation Element Altitude
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game controllers have a fixed size, which fails to accommodate the varying palm sizes and finger lengths of different users, leading to unsatisfactory operating experiences for some users.
Innovation Solution
A game controller with an adjustable operation element, featuring a movable seat driven by a step motor and threaded rod system, allowing users to adjust the altitude of the operation element through an adjusting switch, ensuring a comfortable fit for diverse user preferences.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the game controller uses a fixed size design, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it fails to accommodate varying palm sizes and finger lengths of different users
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by making the operation element's altitude adjustable through a movable seat that can be positioned at multiple heights. This allows the controller to adapt to different user preferences and palm sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and structural simplicity.
2Ease of operation
If the operation element altitude is made adjustable, then user comfort and operating feel are improved, but the device complexity increases due to additional driving modules and position-limiting structures
Solution Approach 1:
The movable seat with adjustable altitude allows the operation element to be positioned at different heights, improving user comfort and operating feel. This dynamic adjustment capability directly addresses the ease of operation requirement while accepting the necessary increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the vertical position parameter of the operation element through the movable seat mechanism. By allowing the altitude to be adjusted among multiple positions, the system optimizes the operating feel for different users, accepting the trade-off in device complexity required to achieve this parameter variability.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables quick and precise adjustment of the operation element's altitude, providing a satisfactory operating feel for users of different sizes, enhancing gaming experience by accommodating individual preferences.
Implementation Method 1
Each of the at least one driving module includes a step motor and a threaded rod. The threaded rod is connected with the step motor. The threaded rod is penetrated through the two threaded holes sequentially. An external thread segment of the threaded rod is engaged with internal thread segments of the two threaded holes. The step motor drives rotation of the threaded rod, so that the threaded rod is moved in an engaged manner to drive the movement of the movable seat.
Data Source
AI summary
A game controller includes a casing, a base, a movable seat, a signal control module and an operation element. The base, the movable seat, and the signal control module are installed within the casing. The signal control module is installed on the movable seat. The operation element is connected with the signal control module. A portion of the operation element is exposed to an operation hole in an upper cover of the casing. Consequently, a position-limiting movement of the movable seat relative to the base is achieved, and an altitude of the operation element is adjustable.