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Wireless controller for a video game console capable of measuring vital signs of a user playing a game on the console

Wireless controller for a video game console capable of measuring vital signs of a user playing a game on the console description/claims

1. Field of Invention

The invention relates to video game consoles and more particularly to a wireless controller for a video game console capable of measuring vital signs including blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature of a user playing a video game on the console.

2. Description of Related Art

Video games are widely popular in recent decades. For example, “Wii” A as a video game console released by Nintendo is shown in FIG. 1. A user can operate a wireless controller (i.e., Wii remote) B to play games through the video game console A.

In another respect, sport is very popular among young people. Sports oriented video games by combining video games with sports have been developed and are widely played by people. Thus, continuing improvements in the exploitation of sports oriented video games played on the “Wii” or a similar video game console are constantly being sought.

It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a wireless controller for a video game console, comprising a main body including a measurement unit including a control circuit including a first amplification circuit, a control IC, a second amplification circuit, an ADC, a display circuit, and a plurality of pins for setting, a top recess, a display, two first measurement devices adapted to contact the fingers as the hand holding the main body for measuring pulse and body temperature of a user playing a video game on the video game console, and a rotation counter for counting the number of rotations of the main body; a control unit mounted in the recess; a band including two second measurement devices for measuring blood pressure and pulse of the user respectively by wrapping the band around the wrist; and a cable interconnecting the main body and the band, wherein the first measurement devices converts the measured pulse and body temperature into first signals which are sent to the first amplification circuit for amplification, and the amplified first signals are sent to the control IC; the second measurement devices convert the measured blood pressure and pulse into second signals which are sent to the second amplification circuit for amplification, the amplified second signals are sent to the ADC for converting into digital signals, and the digital signals are sent to the control IC; the rotation counter sends the count to the control; the control IC sends the received first signals, the second signals, the digital signals, and the count to the display circuit for processing into corresponding data representing blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature values; and the blood pressure, pulse, and body temperature values are sent to the display for display.

In one aspect of the invention the control unit is either releasably mounted in the recess or securely mounted in the recess.

In another aspect of the invention the display circuit is adapted to calculate total calories of the user by substituting the count into an equation and send the total calories to the display for display.

The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a conventional “Wii” video game console and its separate wireless controller;

FIG. 2 is a schematic perspective view of a first preferred embodiment of wireless controller according to the invention;

FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the controller of FIG. 2;

FIG. 4 is a circuit block diagram of the controller of FIG. 2;

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view of a second preferred embodiment of wireless controller according to the invention;

FIG. 6 is a perspective view of a third preferred embodiment of wireless controller according to the invention which is mounted in a tennis racket;

FIG. 7 is a perspective view of a fourth preferred embodiment of wireless controller according to the invention which is mounted in a badminton racket;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a fifth preferred embodiment of wireless controller according to the invention which is mounted in a golf club;

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