Contactless Transponder Antenna in Video Game Control Element
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Solution Overview
Problem
The integration of contactless transponders, such as NFC transponders, in devices like video game consoles often results in radiofrequency performance loss or interruptions due to their placement in metal-rich environments and variations in device manufacturing, which affect antenna positioning.
Innovation Solution
The antenna of the contactless transponder is housed within a control element, such as a joystick, allowing it to be outside the metal-rich environment and maintaining consistent placement across devices, thereby enhancing contactless communication without the need for additional components like ferrite sheets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If the transponder antenna is placed in the game device housing, then the device structure is simple, but the radiofrequency communication performance deteriorates due to metal-rich environment
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna is extracted from the metal-rich environment of the game device housing and placed inside the control element, which provides a non-metallic environment that preserves radiofrequency communication performance while maintaining overall device structural simplicity
2Ease of manufacture
If the transponder antenna is placed in the game device housing, then manufacturing is easier, but communication reliability varies due to mass production variations affecting antenna distance
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna is extracted from the variable-distance environment of the game device housing and relocated to the control element, where its position relative to external tags remains consistent across mass production, thereby improving communication reliability without complicating manufacturing
Solution Approach 2:
The control element serves dual purposes: it provides user input functionality and houses the antenna, utilizing existing structural components to establish a stable antenna position without requiring additional manufacturing precision
3Reliability
If ferrite sheets are used to improve contactless communication, then communication performance improves, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The antenna is extracted from the metal-rich environment and placed in the control element, eliminating the need for ferrite sheets or other shielding materials, thereby improving communication performance without increasing device complexity or cost
Solution Approach 2:
The control element acts as an intermediary structure that provides a suitable non-metallic environment for the antenna, replacing the need for additional ferrite sheet intermediaries while maintaining communication performance
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
This solution ensures improved contactless communication by isolating the antenna from metal-rich environments and utilizing existing device components, reducing production variability and costs while maintaining effective communication.
Implementation Method 1
a contactless transponder having at least one antenna that is housed in said at least one control element
Data Source
AI summary
A device comprising at least one controller handset possessing a housing and at least one control element that is arranged so as to protrude from the housing and to be movable with respect to the housing so as to allow a user to control at least one movement of at least one object that is external to the device, and a contactless transponder having at least one antenna that is housed in the at least one control element.