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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2017
Applicant:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Inventor:
Gabriel Michael Rask Gassoway, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 9/24 (2006.01); A63F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 13/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2019.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); G06F 3/01 (2006.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); G06F 3/016 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A user-input device includes a user-actuatable trigger configured to pivot about a trigger axis, a posture sensor configured to determine a posture of the user-actuatable trigger about the trigger axis, a force-feedback motor configured to activate based on a force-feedback signal, and a clutch operatively intermediate the user-actuatable trigger and the force-feedback motor and configured to mechanically change engagement between the user-actuatable trigger and the force-feedback motor.