Portable Electronic Device Controller With Telescopic Clamping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional game controllers for portable electronic devices are often customized for specific device sizes and shapes, leading to compatibility issues when switching between devices or using protective cases that alter dimensions, necessitating the need for versatile and adaptable controllers.
Innovation Solution
A controller design featuring a slidable extension unit with a retractable stopper member that can accommodate devices of varying widths and thicknesses, allowing for removable attachment via clamping mechanisms, and a set of controllers that can be paired via Bluetooth for compact storage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If conventional game controllers are customized for specific device sizes and shapes, then compatibility with particular devices is improved, but versatility across different devices deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The controller employs dynamic adjustment mechanisms including a telescopic extension arm that can extend and retract to accommodate different device widths, and an adjustable stopper member that can move along the extension arm to adapt to various device thicknesses. This dynamic structure allows the controller to maintain reliable attachment across diverse device sizes and shapes, resolving the contradiction between compatibility and versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
The controller utilizes parameter changes by allowing the extension arm length and stopper member position to be adjusted according to the specific device being used. These parameter adjustments enable the controller to adapt its physical dimensions to match different device specifications, achieving both compatibility with individual devices and versatility across multiple device types.
2Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable extension mechanisms are added to accommodate different device sizes, then versatility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The controller is segmented into distinct functional components: a main body, a telescopic extension arm with sliding mechanism, and an adjustable stopper member. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, making the overall adjustment mechanism more manageable and less complex than a fully integrated adjustable structure would be.
Solution Approach 2:
The extension arm features a nested telescopic structure where one arm segment slides within another, allowing compact storage when not in use. The stopper member is also nested within the extension arm structure. This nesting approach reduces the overall complexity by organizing multiple adjustment functions within a compact, hierarchical structure.
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AI summary
A controller including a controller body with a main body portion and a support-panel portion extending sideway from the main body portion. The support-panel portion has a backing-surface with an edge segment demarcating a boundary between the main body portion and the support-panel portion. The controller including an extension unit slidable with respect to the support-panel portion along a sliding axis parallel to the backing-surface. The extension unit including an extension arm, and a stopper member at an outer end of the extension arm. The extension arm is retractably extendable from the support-panel portion along the sliding axis. The stopper member is retractably extendable from the outer end of the extension arm along an extension axis perpendicular to the backing surface. The stopper member including an overhang portion. The stopper member operable to clamp the portable electronic device along a thickness direction of the portable electronic device.