OPPO patents a mobile gaming controller with an earphone storage compartment

Jed John Ikoba — Tue, 06 Apr 2021 13:41:29 +0000

Chinese tech giant and BBK subsidiary OPPO has often strived to stay ahead of the pack when it comes to innovation. We have seen a number of recent patent filings that point to the direction the company is looking at when it comes to foldable displays, camera technology, and even in the aspect of gaming. A new patent by OPPO Guangdong Mobile Communications Co., Ltd has just been spotted. The patent is titled “game controller” and the application was made on September 9, 2019.

The patent has, in March this year, been published with filing number CN112451961A. The patent description notes that with the rapid development of the electronic game industry, mobile games have been widely promoted due to their convenience. In order to better operate the game, a gamepad is generally needed outside the mobile phone for convenience.

The existing mobile phone gamepads are mainly divided into two categories. One is the gamepad that cannot be plugged into the headset, that is, the mobile phone is clamped in the middle of the gamepad, and the gamepad blocks the 3.5mm audio jack of the mobile phone making it impossible to use a wired headset while using the game controller. Another design is a game handle that has a phone holder bracket at the top. The controller looks like the regular joystick gamepad and it frees up the space to plugin the audio jack or use the charging port while gaming.

OPPO’s patented game controller provides a gamepad and a housing to store the earphones. There is also a compartment at the top that’ll hold the phone.

We can’t say when this product will be released into the market but since the design is basic, it may not be extremely hard to bring this design to reality.

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OPPO patents a mobile gaming controller with an earphone storage compartment