▲ 170 ▼ Nintendo has filed a patent for ‘smart fluid’ joysticks, perhaps to eliminate drift | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com) submitted 2 years ago by slimerancher@lemmy.world [M] to c/nintendo@lemmy.world 46 comments fedilink hide all child comments Let's hope this isn't just a random patent, and we actually get better sticks next generation.
[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) Nintendo doesn’t hold a patent on the JoyCon joysticks. As far as I am aware they are an off the shelf component. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) @JonDorfman, I did a quick online search for Nintendo’s JoyCon patents, and interestingly found a US one from 2023 (2020 in Japan) about what looks Hall effect analogue sticks: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230280850A1/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 1 point 2 years ago @JonDorfman, right, but Hall effect analogue sticks themselves have existed for a long time, so that technology in general (except any novel addition) is (most likely) not patented anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hook@toot.si 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) @JonDorfman, I did a quick online search for Nintendo’s JoyCon patents, and interestingly found a US one from 2023 (2020 in Japan) about what looks Hall effect analogue sticks: https://patents.google.com/patent/US20230280850A1/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 1 point 2 years ago @JonDorfman, right, but Hall effect analogue sticks themselves have existed for a long time, so that technology in general (except any novel addition) is (most likely) not patented anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) That patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] hook@toot.si 1 point 2 years ago @JonDorfman, right, but Hall effect analogue sticks themselves have existed for a long time, so that technology in general (except any novel addition) is (most likely) not patented anymore. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hook@toot.si 1 point 2 years ago @JonDorfman, right, but Hall effect analogue sticks themselves have existed for a long time, so that technology in general (except any novel addition) is (most likely) not patented anymore. permalink fedilink source parent