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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventors:
Jessica Julie Tran, Renton, WA (US);
Patrick Thomas Gaule, Bothell, WA (US);
John Richard Porter, III, Lynnwood, WA (US);
Dillon Taylor Baker, Seattle, WA (US);
Catherine Marie Baker, Seattle, WA (US);
Harrison Tu, Riverside, CA (US);
Assignee:
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/98 (2014.01); A63F 13/21 (2014.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/25 (2014.01); A63F 13/42 (2014.01); A63F 13/87 (2014.01); G09B 21/00 (2006.01); G09B 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/98 (2014.09); A63F 13/21 (2014.09); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 13/25 (2014.09); A63F 13/42 (2014.09); A63F 13/87 (2014.09); G09B 21/003 (2013.01); G09B 21/004 (2013.01); G09B 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present disclosure describes a braille chording accessory for a game controller that includes a housing sized to be removably received by a handheld game controller, a plurality of paddles arranged as a braille cell on the housing, and a control circuit to translate a touch force applied to at least a portion of the plurality of paddles into individual braille characters.