Rotatable Gamepad Button Layout for Multi-Console Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing game controllers have fixed ABXY button layouts and functions, necessitating one-to-one correspondence with specific game consoles, leading to limited usage scenarios and inefficiency.
Innovation Solution
A gamepad with a rotatable dial and gear mechanism that allows switching of button positions and LED lamp colors, enabling adaptation to different game consoles by mapping button patterns through transparent holes and LED lamp beads.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the button layout and functions of game controllers are fixed, then the controller is simple to manufacture and operate, but it cannot be applied to different game consoles, leading to limited usage scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a rotatable dial mechanism that allows the button layout to dynamically change between different configurations (e.g., ABXY layout, XYAB layout, cross-shaped layout). The dial rotates to different positions, each position aligning with a specific button arrangement on the transparent colloid, enabling the same controller to adapt to different game console requirements without needing multiple dedicated controllers.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent colloid with multiple pre-configured button patterns serves as a universal interface that can map to different game console button layouts. By combining the rotatable dial with the multi-pattern transparent colloid, a single controller can universally interface with multiple types of game consoles, eliminating the need for one-to-one correspondence between controllers and consoles.
2Ease of manufacture
If different game controllers are designed for different game consoles, then each controller is optimized for its specific console, but it leads to wastefulness and limited usage scenarios
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal game controller that can interface with multiple game console types through the rotatable dial and transparent colloid mechanism. Instead of manufacturing separate optimized controllers for each console type, a single universal controller design can serve multiple purposes, improving production efficiency while maintaining adaptability across different usage scenarios.
Solution Approach 2:
The dynamic rotation capability allows one controller to perform the functions of multiple dedicated controllers. The user can rotate the dial to match the required console type, making a single controller replace what would otherwise require multiple specialized controllers, thereby reducing manufacturing complexity and inventory requirements.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the ABXY button layout is fixed, then the controller design is simple, but it cannot adapt to different button layouts required by different game consoles
Solution Approach 1:
The rotatable dial provides a simple dynamic adjustment mechanism that allows users to switch between different button layouts (ABXY, XYAB, cross-shaped, etc.) by rotating the dial to the appropriate position. This maintains ease of operation through a single rotational motion while achieving adaptability to multiple button layout requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The transparent colloid contains multiple pre-configured button pattern copies (first transparent holes, second transparent holes, third transparent holes) that correspond to different button layouts. By rotating the dial, the user selects which copied pattern is active, enabling layout adaptation without complex reconfiguration or programming.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables flexible button configuration and LED color switching, allowing the gamepad to be used across various game consoles, enhancing versatility and user experience.
Implementation Method 1
LED lamp beads arranged at the button position
Implementation Method 2
a gear set meshingly connected to the dial; the circumferential sidewall of the dial is provided with a tooth structure that meshes with the gear set
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure provides a gamepad, comprising: a PCB circuit board, a transparent colloid, a key dial assembly and a transparent button; the PCB circuit board is provided with a button position and LED lamp beads arranged at the button position; the transparent colloid is arranged on the button position; the key dial assembly comprises a support member fixed on the PCB circuit board, a dial rotatably connected to the support member and a gear set meshingly connected to the dial; the dial is arranged on the transparent colloid; the dial is provided with several first transparent holes and second transparent holes adjacent to each of the first transparent holes; the first transparent holes and the second transparent holes correspond to the switching of the button position on the PCB circuit board when the dial is rotated with the axis of the support member.