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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 18, 2015
Applicant:
Oculus Vr, Llc, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Inventor:
Clare Regimbal Long, Edmonds, WA (US);
Assignee:
Oculus VR, LLC, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/0354 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/03547 (2013.01); G06F 3/0338 (2013.01); G06F 3/044 (2013.01);
Abstract
A handheld controller, comprising a main body, handle extending from the main body, first and second input controls positioned for engagement by a user's fingers, and a finger detection sensor coupled to the first input control. One or more finger detection sensors are configured to detect the spatial location of the user's finger relative to a surface of the first input control. The finger detection sensor can be a touch capacitive sensor. The handheld controller can have one or more proximity sensors configured to detect the spatial location of the user's finger relative to the first input control.