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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 31, 2019
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Philip M. Seibert, Austin, TX (US);
Kevin M. Turchin, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Enoch Chen, Wenshan District, TW;
Gerald R. Pelissier, Mendham, NJ (US);
Christopher A. Torres, San Marcos, TX (US);
Chia Yuan Chang, New Taipei, TW;
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A game controller includes a joystick that accepts end user inputs and has illumination provided at the game controller surface encircling the joystick to provide indications to an end user, such as a locally-determined game controller status or a game application end user energy state. The illumination is provided from light emitting diodes disposed within the game controller interior on a flexible printed circuit board and coupled to a base of an annular light guide by a gasket to direct illumination into the annular light guide. Non-translucent treatment at the light guide on the game controller surface defines a translucent region at which illumination is presented.