Razer (Asia-Pacific) Pte. Ltd.

According to various embodiments, there is provided a user input device including: a chassis including a socket configured to releasably receive a panel; a memory storing a plurality of button maps, wherein each button map of the plurality of button maps defines functions of at least one button of a respective panel of a plurality of panels, each of which being receivable in the socket; and a processor configured to read an identity code of the received panel, and further configured to identify a matching button map from the plurality of button maps based on the identity code, wherein the matching button map defines the functions of the at least one button of the received panel.

A method may include receiving a first media stream from a first terminal and a second media stream from a second terminal; decoding the first and second media streams to obtain a first and second contents in a playable format; associating the first media stream and the second media stream with a first identifier and a second identifier; generating a first initial haptic signal based on the first content and the first identifier and a second initial haptic signal based on the second content and the second identifier; processing the first/second content to generate a first/second analysis; modulating the first initial haptic signal according to the first analysis to output a first haptic control signal and the second initial haptic signal according to the second analysis to output a second haptic control signal; and driving an actuator according to the first and/or the second haptic control signal.

According to various embodiments, a control method and a controller for coordinated lighting effects are provided. The control method maps a lighting effect to the a first plurality of light sources in an environment and modulates parameters of the first plurality of light sources to generate the lighting effect. When a new light source is added, the method updates the spatial information about the second plurality of light sources including the first plurality of light sources and the new light source in the environment based on geometric information of the second plurality of light sources in the environment. The method reprograms the lighting effect based on the updated spatial information about the light sources including the plurality of light sources and the new light source in the environment; and coordinating parameters of the new light source to generate the lighting effect.

In some aspects, an input device may include a switch having an activation element, a button disposed in relative to the switch, and an obstruction member movable between a first position and a second position. The button may be depressible from an undepressed position to a depressed position to engage the activation element when the obstruction member is in the first position, and the button may be blocked from being depressible to the depressed position when the obstruction member is in the second position. The input device may also include a selector operable to cause the obstruction member to move between the first position and the second position and a motion changing arrangement operatively arranged between the selector and the obstruction member to transform a motion of the selector into a motion of the obstruction member for moving the obstruction member between the first position and the second position.

In some aspects, a computer peripheral includes a display; an input interface assembly disposed over the display, a switch arrangement comprising at least one switch disposed between the input interface assembly and the display. The input interface assembly comprises a frame structure and at least one key movably coupled to the frame structure. The at least one key comprises a cap portion having a transparent section configured to permit viewing of information on the display through the transparent section. The at least one key comprises a pusher portion between the cap portion and a pivot mechanism. The pusher portion of the at least one key is aligned to the at least one switch so as to actuate the at least one switch to generate an input signal when the at least one key is depressed to pivot about the pivot mechanism from an undepressed state to a depressed state.

A headset may include a headband; first and second earcups respectively attached to first and second ends of the headband; a first light display unit; a headset receiver configured to receive data from a processor-based device; and a headset control unit. Each of the first and second earcups may include an interior surface and an exterior surface, where the interior surfaces of the first and second earcups may face each other and the exterior surfaces of the first and second earcups may face away from each other. The first light display unit may include a matrix of independently controllable light emitting elements arranged along a boundary of the exterior surface of the first earcup. The headset control unit may be configured to control the light emitting elements of the first light display unit based on the data received by the headset receiver.