Movable Member Restriction Mechanism for Haptic Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing operation devices for home game machines lack multi-functionality without increasing production costs, as they rely on separate members for restricting movable ranges and presenting haptic senses.
Innovation Solution
A movable member with a restriction member that switches between contact ranges to control and restrict the movable range, allowing for various applications without additional components, including a motor-driven arm that restricts the movable range of a locking button to present different haptic sensations.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Manufacturing precision
If a separate restriction member is provided to control the movable range of the movable member, then the movable range can be controlled, but the production cost increases and the device becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The restriction member is designed to serve dual purposes: it restricts the movable range of the movable member by contacting the contact surface, and simultaneously presents haptic senses to the user through vibration generation. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components, reducing device complexity while maintaining precise movable range control.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent combines the restriction function and haptic presentation function into a single restriction member. By merging these two functions that were previously performed by separate components, the overall device complexity is reduced while achieving both movable range control and haptic feedback.
2Adaptability or versatility
If additional members are provided for presenting haptic senses, then various haptic sensations can be presented, but the production cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The restriction member is designed to serve dual purposes: it restricts the movable range of the movable member by contacting the contact surface, and simultaneously presents haptic senses to the user through vibration generation. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components, reducing device complexity while maintaining precise movable range control.
3Device complexity
If the restriction member is exclusively used for restricting the movable member, then the movable range control is simple, but the device lacks multi-functionality
Solution Approach 1:
The restriction member is designed to serve dual purposes: it restricts the movable range of the movable member by contacting the contact surface, and simultaneously presents haptic senses to the user through vibration generation. This multi-functionality eliminates the need for separate components, reducing device complexity while maintaining precise movable range control.
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AI summary
An operation device includes a movable member that is movable within a predetermined range, and a restriction member that is disposed in a state of being movable in a movable direction of the movable member, that restricts the movable range of the movable member by coming into contact with a contact surface of the movable member in the movable direction, and that can be switched between a state of being in contact with a first range of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member and a state of being in contact with a second range, the second range being different from the first range, of the contact surface and restricting the movable range of the movable member.