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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 05, 2014
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2010
Charles Musick, Jr., Belmont, CA (US);
Robert Kay, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Robert Powers, Iii, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dana Wilkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Youding Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Charles Musick, Jr., Belmont, CA (US);
Robert Kay, San Francisco, CA (US);
William Robert Powers, III, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dana Wilkinson, Mountain View, CA (US);
Youding Zhu, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
AiLive Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
A personal control mechanism is disclosed. The personal control mechanism includes at least one controller with full functionalities in a sense that the controller does not need any attachment and is operable with one hand to fully control an interactive environment being shown. According to one embodiment of the controller, the controller has a top surface including a number of buttons and a joystick operable by a finger of one hand, and a bottom surface including a trigger operable by another finger of the hand. A housing of the controller is sized comfortably to fit into either hand of a user and has a holding portion designed in a way that the trigger, the buttons and the joystick are readily operated when the holding portion is being held in either hand.