US 12,064,683 B2
Virtual console gaming controller
Phi Hoai Dang, Milpitas, CA (US)
Assigned to GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed by GOOGLE LLC, Mountain View, CA (US)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/072,366.
Application 18/072,366 is a division of application No. 17/084,242, filed on Oct. 29, 2020, granted, now 11,534,681.
Prior Publication US 2023/0092439 A1, Mar. 23, 2023
Int. Cl. A63F 13/22 (2014.01); A63F 13/2145 (2014.01); A63F 13/426 (2014.01); A63F 13/5255 (2014.01); A63F 13/837 (2014.01); A63F 13/92 (2014.01); G06F 3/04845 (2022.01)
CPC A63F 13/2145 (2014.09) [A63F 13/22 (2014.09); A63F 13/426 (2014.09); A63F 13/5255 (2014.09); A63F 13/837 (2014.09); A63F 13/92 (2014.09); G06F 3/04845 (2013.01); A63F 2300/1075 (2013.01); A63F 2300/5553 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
displaying, on a touchscreen display of a mobile device, a virtual game controller comprising a view panning area configured to provide player control of a gaze of an avatar representing a player within a video game executed at a remote gaming server;
receiving, through the touchscreen display, a player interaction with the view panning area via touch contact of the touchscreen display as a linear velocity input;
generating a control signal based on the received player interaction by applying a heuristic function to the linear velocity input to generate a non-linear signal, wherein the control signal is configured to be interpreted by the video game as an instruction to adjust the gaze of the avatar in the video game; and
transmitting the control signal from the mobile device for receipt by the remote gaming server.