Patent · US Expired

Video game and the like control assembly

US4919003A · kind A · utility

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1Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJan 31, 1986
Grant dateApr 24, 1990
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Expiry dateJan 31, 2006

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/20201
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A manually controlled ball is rotatable in any direction at variable speeds to operate a pair of perpendicular rotatable shafts. Each shaft is rotated at a speed of and direction dependent upon the direction and speed of rotation of the manually operated ball. An encoder disk is mounted on each shaft. The direction and speed of the disk rotation is translated into electrical signals.

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