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Nintendo has filed a patent for ‘smart fluid’ joysticks, perhaps to eliminate drift | VGC (www.videogameschronicle.com)
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Let's hope this isn't just a random patent, and we actually get better sticks next generation.

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[-] hook@toot.si 1 points 2 years ago

@JonDorfman I wonder how they would do that while also not violating patents on JoyCons that I suppose Nintendo has.

I have not checked, but would be surprised if they do not.

[-] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nintendo doesn’t hold a patent on the JoyCon joysticks. As far as I am aware they are an off the shelf component.

[-] hook@toot.si 1 points 2 years ago

@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/

[-] JonDorfman@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

That patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach.

[-] hook@toot.si 1 points 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.

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