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[Andrew2]

credits to jaws the B3D forums for finding this:


new controller patent

 

[Stinkles]

It reads like a patent for the current gen PS2 controller...

 

[M3wThr33]

Filed for in April, 2002.
Basically the dual shock 2 was finally approved.

 

[radioheadrule83]

1. A controller, comprising: a housing; an input lever mounted to said housing, said input lever having two operating parts, wherein pressing one of said operating parts causes rotation of said input lever in a rotational direction, and pressing another of said operating parts causes rotation of said input lever in a direction opposite to said rotational direction; means for detecting a rotational position of said input lever; and means for restoring said input lever to a reference position.

It sounds like it would work like this. Assuming the L + R triggers looked something like the above image, pushing down the left would make the right come up and vice versa -- and both would be able to snap back to their reference points.

It could also mean analog L+R triggers like those in the Gamecube pad.

Having said that the filing date is pissing directly onto dreams of a *new* Sony pad.

 

[Andrew2]

That patent was filed 3 years old(apparently made public now). Not just that,but it describes a see-saw type of of controller.

 

[goomba]

The seesaw could be great for steering vehicles.

 

[ImNotLikeThem]

The seesaw could be great for steering vehicles.

exactly. theres already a controller like this too.

 

[Shogmaster]

Keep in mind that Patent applications take around 1.5 to 2.5 years to be processed and granted.

Anyways, here's more pics I capped and hosted on Imageshack.

Looks like it does more than just rock left to right. It rocks fore and aft as well.

 

[Andrew2]

It would be interesting to see what kind of games could be designed this type of controller.

 

[op_ivy]

wow, that really could rock for steering.... but you'd have to adapt to a new way to treat analog gas and brake i suppose... oh wait, we're talking playstation? nm

 

[DDayton]

I seem to notice a lack of joysticks in those pictures...

 

[kaching]

Fig. 7 just looks awkward as well as seeming incompatible with Fig. 6

 

[mr2mike]

To me that looks like what initial brainstorming could have yielded for the initial PS pad, just look at it: in one picture we see the left/right rocker, wich could have easely turned into the L1 and R2 triggers, since simple triggers would be a lot cheaper to make and much less prone to breaking. And in another picture we see the fore and aft rocker, wich, to me at least, evolved into the L1/L2 - R1/R2 shoulder configuration.

The lone thumb operated rocker would probably have been the R analog stick, before they woke up and decided to just make it an actual analog stck rather than just a single axis, that way it could be used in a greater diversity of control contexts.

But I know the filing date disagrees with this, unless someone at sony was high for a couple of years and forgot to file the patents for the original PS pad and the original dual shock.

 

[Andrew2]

But I know the filing date disagrees with this, unless someone at sony was high for a couple of years and forgot to file the patents for the original PS pad and the original dual shock.

There are around 10 conceptual versions of the current DS(the first looking very much like the SNES controller). None of them matched this

 

[Tunesmith]

just wait for the person who decides to press both L+R at the same time and break it apart in two

 

[speedpop]

So essentially it's another SNES controller with a slight gimmick to it?

 

[soundwave05]

See-saw shoulder buttons would be interesting, especailly if they had tension/resistance/feedback.

 

[Odnetnin]

weird looking. I like the PS2 controller just fine as is. Sounds like we'll be getting a new innovative way to play games from Sony.

 

[soundwave05]

Yeah I think Sony might have a few tricks up their sleeves with the PS3 yet.

I would suspect some kind of Eye Toy functionality built-in and maybe these new kind of "seesaw" shoulder buttons.

 

[j^aws]

credits to jaws the B3D forums for finding this:


new controller patent

Ahh...Thanks for the props!

I prolly would've posted it here too but I gave up GAF since so called 'Junior Members' can't post new topics....Grrrr...Boooo....Hissss...Elitist bastards!