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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2018
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Ian Campbell, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen, Bellevue, WA (US);
Brian David Hensley, Bellevue, WA (US);
Scott Dalton, Seattle, WA (US);
Michael Jacob Goerz, Snohomish, WA (US);
Cheang Tad Yoo, Bothell, WA (US);
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are, among other things, handheld controllers having touch-sensitive controls, as well as methods for use of the touch-sensitive controls and methods for assembling the handheld controllers. An example handheld controller may include a top-surface control (e.g., a 'trigger button') that includes a switch, a pressure sensor, and a touch sensor for detecting a presence, location, and/or gesture of a finger on the top-surface control.