Umwandelbare periphere Eingabevorrichtung

摘要

A convertible peripheral input device (10) comprises a control pad (12) and a multiaxis input device (14) selectably mounted on either side of the control pad so that the multiaxis input device (14) can be positioned for right-hand use or left-hand use according to the user's preference. The multiaxis input device (14) can be rotated from one position to another by use of a hinge mechanism (42) with two points of rotation; one for rotation of the multiaxis input device 180 degrees relative to the hinge mechanism and the second point of rotation allowing the hinge mechanism (42) to rotate 180 degrees relative to a bottom surface of the control pad (12). The rotatable hinge mechanism (42) may be used with videogame control pads and joysticks as well as keyboards with mouse controllers.