US 12,005,347 B2
In or relating to gaming controllers
Garry Brown, Coventry (GB); and Andrew James Sinden, Coventry (GB)
Assigned to SINDEN TECHNOLOGY LTD, Coventry (GB)
Appl. No. 18/258,363
Filed by SINDEN TECHNOLOGY LTD, Coventry (GB)
PCT Filed Dec. 17, 2021, PCT No. PCT/GB2021/053347
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 20, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/129934, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 23, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020069 (GB), filed on Dec. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0398440 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/24 (2014.01); A63F 13/219 (2014.01); A63F 13/245 (2014.01); A63F 13/285 (2014.01); A63F 13/837 (2014.01); H01F 7/08 (2006.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.01)
CPC A63F 13/245 (2014.09) [A63F 13/219 (2014.09); A63F 13/285 (2014.09); A63F 13/837 (2014.09); H01F 7/081 (2013.01); A63F 13/23 (2014.09)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gaming controller configured to provide a recoil effect when a trigger is pulled, the gaming controller comprising:
a solenoid including a plunger movable between a first non-energised position and a second energised position when a current pulse is applied in response to pulling the trigger;
a capacitor configured to draw and hold current; a current measuring device configured to monitor the current drawn by the solenoid when the trigger is pulled;
a switch configured to enable the harvesting of energy from the energised solenoid back into the capacitor; and
a control circuitry configured to control at least one parameter of the current pulse and to terminate the current pulse based on the monitored current drawn.