Amusement devices: games – Including means for processing electronic data – Player-actuated control structure
Patent
1994-01-05
1996-09-03
Harrison, Jessica J.
Amusement devices: games
Including means for processing electronic data
Player-actuated control structure
345168, 345161, 273148B, A63F 924, G09C 302
Patent
active
055517013
ABSTRACT:
A video game/simulator system in a personal computer (PC) with game port and keyboard port includes a joystick includes a base and a joystick handle pivotally mounted on the base for two-dimensional movement. The joystick controller is connectable to both the game port of the personal computer and to the keyboard port via a second, throttle controller. The throttle and joystick controller inputs are reconfigurable to work with different video game/simulator programs by downloading a new set of keycodes from the personal computer via the keyboard port to a microcontroller and nonvolatile memory in the throttle controller. The throttle and joystick controller have variable inputs which can be input to the PC in either analog or digital form. The digital inputs can be calibrated by changing their corresponding keycodes. A multi-stage trigger switch is hingedly mounted on the joystick for actuation by a user's index finger. The multi-stage trigger has a default position, a first actuated position, and a second actuated position and can be configured to fire a weapon in the first position and control a camera in the second position during operation of the video game/simulator.
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Bouton Frank M.
Carter Robert L.
Hoffman Clarence A.
Juve Eric K.
Kimmel Rodney W.
Harrison Jessica J.
Thrustmaster, Inc.
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