@slimerancherM to NintendoEnglish • 1 year agoNintendo has filed a patent for ‘smart fluid’ joysticks, perhaps to eliminate drift | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.comexternal-linkmessage-square47arrow-up1181arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1172arrow-down1external-linkNintendo has filed a patent for ‘smart fluid’ joysticks, perhaps to eliminate drift | VGCwww.videogameschronicle.com@slimerancherM to NintendoEnglish • 1 year agomessage-square47file-text
minus-square@JonDorfmanlinkEnglish1•1 year agoThat patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach.
minus-squareMatija Šukljelinkfedilink1•1 year 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.
That patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach.
@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.