GAME CONTROLLER WITH TACTILE FEEDBACK
A video game tactile feedback system includes an electronic circuit for receiving tactile feedback signals from a video game, and generating electronic pulses to a conductive pad forming part of or attached to a video game controller. A video game player may grasp the controller in contact with the conductive pad and experience tactile feedback through the conductive pad.
1 . A video game tactile feedback system comprising an electronic circuit for receiving tactile feedback signals from a video game, and generating electronic pulses to a conductive pad forming part of or attached to a video game controller, which conductive pad is grasped by a video game player.
2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the system is incorporated into a game controller housing, or is incorporated into a game console, or is separately housed from a game controller and a game console.
3 . The system of claim 2 wherein the system comprises a left hand conductive pad, and a right hand conductive pad, which are separately connected to the feedback system.
4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the electronic circuit comprises means for generating electronic pulses of different character for different tactile feedback signals.
5 . A method of providing video game tactile feedback to a video game user, comprising the steps of:
(a) receiving a tactile feedback signal from a video game;
(b) converting the tactile feedback signal to an electronic pulse output; and
(c) transmitting the output to a conductive pad grasped by the video game user.
6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the tactile feedback signal is converted to a separate left hand pulse output and a right hand pulse output, which may be the same or different, and transmitting the left hand output to a left hand conductive pad, and the right hand output to a right hand conductive pad.