US 11,816,263 B1
Method and apparatus for securing a handheld controller to a user's hand
Michiel Sebastiaan Emanuel Petrus Knoppert, Amsterdam (NL); Thomas Marcus Hinskens, Utrecht (NL); Loo Shing Tan, Singapore (SG); Gerald Rene Pelissier, Mendham, NJ (US); and Martin Douglas Sawtell, Singapore (SG)
Assigned to Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, LP, Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/731,974.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06F 3/038 (2013.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.01)
CPC G06F 3/014 (2013.01) [G06F 3/038 (2013.01); G06F 3/0346 (2013.01); G06V 40/13 (2022.01); A63F 13/24 (2014.09); A63F 2300/1043 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld controller to operate with a head-mounted display (HMD) and information handling system comprising:
a data storage device;
the HMD having an HMD processor and an HMD display device to present to a user an extended reality image of an extended reality environment; and
the handheld controller, including:
a handheld controller housing to be gripped by a user's hand including a grip sensor and a strap operatively coupled to the handheld controller housing;
a strap tensioner mechanism disposed in the handheld controller housing including a step motor and rotating wheel operatively coupled to the strap to retract the strap inside the handheld controller housing;
a handheld controller processor executing code instructions of a strap fit adjustment system operatively coupled to the strap tensioner mechanism inside the handheld controller housing to activate the strap tensioner mechanism to tighten a strap across a user's hand until a tightness threshold level has been achieved;
a strap tightness measurement system to measure a tightness level of the strap across a user's hand as the strap tensioner mechanism tightens the strap across the user's hand; and
the tightness level of the strap being set to the tightness threshold level by the user and accessible from a data storage device.