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minus-squareMatija Šuklje@toot.silinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months 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.
minus-squareJonDorfman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoNintendo doesn’t hold a patent on the JoyCon joysticks. As far as I am aware they are an off the shelf component.
minus-squareMatija Šuklje@toot.silinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months 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/
minus-squareJonDorfman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoThat patent is what I was referring to when I mentioned a novel approach.
minus-squareMatija Šuklje@toot.silinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months 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.
@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.
Nintendo doesn’t hold a patent on the JoyCon joysticks. As far as I am aware they are an off the shelf component.
@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/
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.