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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2013
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
David A. Sobel, Los Altos, CA (US);
Monika Gupta, Irvine, CA (US);
Sumant Ranganathan, Saratoga, CA (US);
Pieter Vorenkamp, Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Jeyhan Karaoguz, Irvine, CA (US);
Broadcom Corporation, Irvine, CA (US);
Abstract
A game controller with a communications interface includes a touch sensitive pad having a plurality of touch sensitive elements, and processing circuitry coupled to the communications interface and the at least one touch sensitive pad. The processing circuitry enacts touch pad configuration settings that correlate subsets of the plurality of touch sensitive elements to produce distinct user input locations. The processing circuitry receives touch pad input from the at least one touch sensitive pad. The processing circuitry processes the touch pad input to determine user input directions based upon the touch pad configuration settings, and then transmits the touch pad input directions via the communications interface for use as gaming input.