Patent ID: 6310606
Filing Date: 2001-10-30
Classification: A63F,G05G,G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A physical-to-electrical converter; comprising:a manual input member with associated sensors, said input member moveable on at least two axes; anda plurality of finger depressible buttons with associated sensors; andat least one sheet connecting to the sensors of said input member, and said at least one sheet connecting to the sensors of said finger depressible buttons;said at least one sheet comprising at leasta flexible membrane sheet,said flexible membrane sheet having a first portion thereof residing in a first plane, said flexible membrane sheet bent and having a second portion thereof residing in a second plane;an electric motor with shaft and offset weight are within a handle of said converter for providing active tactile feedback; andat least one of the finger depressible buttons is associated with a sensor which is a pressure-sensitive variable sensor for providing a proportional signal, whereby depression of said at least one of the finger depressible buttons provides a proportional signal representing the level of depressive pressure applied.