Silicone Gaming Mousepad Structure for Consistent Sensor Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming mousepads suffer from inconsistent performance due to a soft foam middle layer, leading to inaccuracies in sensor data reporting and user experience issues, particularly in first-person shooter games.
Innovation Solution
A silicone-based mousepad design with a firm silicone base and fabric surface, embedded designs, and stitched edges, eliminating the middle layer to provide a consistent and accurate surface for mouse movement.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a soft foam middle layer is used in traditional mousepads, then comfort is improved, but sensor accuracy and performance consistency deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the foam middle layer from the traditional three-layer mousepad structure, eliminating the source of inconsistency. The design transitions to a two-layer construction with fabric directly attached to the silicone base, extracting the harmful element that caused sensor accuracy issues while maintaining user comfort through the fabric surface.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs a composite material structure combining fabric and silicone directly, without the intermediate foam layer. This composite construction provides both the tactile comfort of fabric and the structural stability of silicone, achieving a balance between comfort and sensor accuracy.
2Ease of manufacture
If a three-layer structure with foam middle layer is used, then manufacturing simplicity is improved, but performance consistency deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the foam middle layer from the traditional three-layer structure, simplifying the construction to two layers while dramatically improving performance consistency. This extraction eliminates the variable that caused reliability issues without significantly complicating the manufacturing process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent changes the structural parameters of the mousepad by reducing from three layers to two layers, and modifies the material parameters by using fabric directly bonded to silicone. This parameter change achieves both manufacturing simplicity and performance consistency.
3Ease of operation
If pressure is applied to a foam middle layer, then initial comfort is improved, but sensor data accuracy deteriorates due to sinking
Solution Approach 1:
The patent removes the foam middle layer that caused the sinking problem under pressure. By extracting this compressible element, the design eliminates the mechanism that led to inaccurate sensor data while preserving comfort through the fabric-silicone direct bond structure.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of using a soft, compressible foam layer that sinks under pressure, the patent inverts the approach by using a firm silicone base with fabric overlay. This inversion provides comfort through surface texture rather than compression, preventing the sinking issue.
Data Source
AI summary
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mousepad for gaming or work purposes with a silicone base. The present invention provides a consistent base that has anti-slip properties to ensure no movement happens when the mousepad is being used. The silicone base uses combinations of materials to achieve the consistency desired. The silicone base has no middle layer between the silicone and fabric surface, allowing a more consistent, accurate area due to the fabric being applied directly to the silicone base. The present invention has a unique stitched edge that is stitched directly into the silicone base without a middle layer of foam or other material. Logos, text, designs or artwork can be embedded into the silicone.