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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2020
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2018
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Michael J. Goerz, Snohomish, WA (US);
Ian Campbell, Seattle, WA (US);
Jeffrey Peter Bellinghausen, Kirkland, WA (US);
Brian David Hensley, Seattle, WA (US);
Scott Dalton, Seattle, WA (US);
Christopher Lee Bjordhal, Snoqualmie Pass, WA (US);
Gregory Martin Matelich, II, Issaquah, WA (US);
Valve Corporation, Bellevue, WA (US);
Abstract
Described herein are, among other things, handheld controllers that include housings having one or more receiver portions for detachably coupling to one or more controls. For example, a housing of one such controller may include, on a front surface of the housing, a receiver that is configured to detachably couple to one or more joysticks, one or more D-pads, one or more track pads, one or more buttons, and/or the like. In some instances, a user may swap a first control for a second control based on a current application (e.g., game title) that the user is playing, based on comfort of the user, and/or for any other reason.