Variable Button Actuation Profiles Using Magnetic Depression Sensing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing gaming accessory management systems lack efficient methods to dynamically manage and utilize multiple gaming accessories during gaming sessions, leading to suboptimal performance and user experience.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a variable actuator system using magnet proximity sensors and a graphical user interface (GUI) management software that allows for customizable actuation profiles, enabling precise tracking of button depression ranges and generating actuation states, thereby enhancing accessory interaction and gaming performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional fixed actuation points are used in gaming accessories, then the device structure remains simple, but the adaptability and customization capability are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements variable actuation points that can be dynamically adjusted through software configuration. The system allows users to programmatically define multiple actuation thresholds (e.g., first actuation point, second actuation point) for the same physical input, enabling the accessory to adapt its behavior based on different gaming scenarios without hardware modifications.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the actuation parameters (threshold values, sensitivity levels) of the accessory through software control. By modifying these parameters, the same physical accessory can provide different actuation characteristics for different games or user preferences, achieving customization without altering the physical structure.
2Adaptability or versatility
If variable actuation profiles are implemented, then the adaptability improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal actuation profile system that can be applied across multiple types of gaming accessories (keyboards, mice, controllers). The same profile configuration mechanism works for different accessory types, allowing users to manage multiple accessories through a unified interface and reducing the learning curve despite the added functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides pre-configured actuation profiles that are ready to use immediately. Users can select from preset profiles designed for different gaming genres or scenarios, and only need to make minor adjustments if needed. This preliminary preparation reduces the complexity burden on users while maintaining high adaptability.
3Measurement precision
If precise depression range tracking is implemented, then measurement precision improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces complex mechanical measurement systems with magnetic field-based sensing. By using magnets and magnetic sensors, the system achieves precise tracking of button depression ranges without the mechanical complexity of traditional potentiometers or optical encoders. The magnetic field measurements are converted to depression depth information through software calculation.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
This solution enables more nuanced and customizable control over gaming accessories, improving user interaction and performance by allowing programmable actuation points and reset points, and adaptive threshold settings, which can enhance gaming experiences and accessory management across various gaming applications.
Implementation Method 1
a magnet proximity sensor configured to track a depression range of the button
Data Source
AI summary
A system that incorporates the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that performs operations including receiving an actuation profile comprising one or more actuation thresholds responsive to a detection of a triggering event during a gaming session of a video game, configuring the sensor according to the one or more actuation thresholds, receiving, from the sensor, a signal indicating a depression range of the button, comparing the depression range to the one or more actuation thresholds of the actuation profile, and generating an actuation state when the depression range exceeds an actuation threshold of the one or more actuation thresholds. Additional embodiments are disclosed.