Information handling system controller illumination

US11097184B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Dell Products L.P. · US

Inventors

• Philip M. Seibert · Austin, US
• Kevin M. Turchin · Cedar Park, US
• Enoch Chen · Xinlong, TW
• Gerald R. Pelissier · Mendham, US
• Christopher A. Torres · San Marcos, US
• Chia-Yuan Chang · Taoyuan, TW

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 31, 2019
• Grant date: Aug 24, 2021
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A63F2300/1043
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

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.