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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2023
Input Labs Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Michael Przybilski, Helsinki, FI;
Marcos Diaz, Helsinki, FI;
Input Labs Oy, Helsinki, FI;
Abstract
There is provided a human operable controller for controlling an application on an external computer system, the controller comprising: a controller body comprising a front and a back, wherein the front is opposite to the back; a thumb-operable control area arranged at the front of the controller body; a plurality of depressible buttons and a touch sensor arranged at the thumb-operable control area; wherein the controller body is shaped to be held in a hand or hands of a user of the controller such that the plurality of depressible buttons is operable by a thumb of the user with or without touching the touch sensor; a processing circuitry for generating at least one control signal based on user interaction with the plurality of depressible buttons and the touch sensor; and a communication interface for communicatively coupling with the external computer system and for providing the control signal to the external computer system to control the application.