1. An apparatus for providing vibratory tactile sensations to a user, the apparatus comprising:
a hand-held game pad controller configured to be held by both of a user’s hands simultaneously, wherein the controller includes,
a first motor and a second motor, wherein,
each of the first and the second motor includes a mass secured to only a shaft,
the mass and shaft move relative to the controller only via rotation, such that when the shaft rotates vibrations are generated via the rotation of the attached mass, and
the vibrations are transmitted to both hands of the user holding the controller,
control circuitry coupled to and controlling the first and the second motors independently, wherein,
the control circuitry controls the motors in response to control signals received from a computer,
the control signals include instructions for vibrating the controller and are not audio signals, and
the control circuitry is configured to control the first and the second motors to each have a speed of rotation changeable in real time such that the first and the second motors generate vibrations simultaneously with independent intensities, and
a battery for powering the first and the second motor, wherein the first and the second motor are remote from the computer and operable without electrical connection to the computer.
2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control signals are received through at least one of bi-directional communications, uni-directional communications, wireless communications, and wired communications.
3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and the second motor are different from each other in at least one size, shape, power rating, vibration type, and location within the hand-held game pad.
4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first motor is in a left hand side of the hand-held game controller, and wherein the second motor is in a right hand side of the hand-held game controller.
5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the first and the second motors are configured to operate differently in at least one of vibration duration, vibration speed, vibration intensity, vibration duty cycles, power output, activation by pulse-width modulation, activation by varying electric current, and activation with varying electric voltage.
6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first and the second motors are attached to the hand-held game pad controller by at least one of fasteners, adhesive, press fitting, snap fitting, and friction fitting.
7. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:
the computer.
8. The apparatus of claim 7, wherein the computer is a video game console.
9. An apparatus for providing vibratory tactile sensations to a user, the apparatus comprising:
a processor-based computer, wherein the computer includes,
a connector configured to connect to a hand-held game pad controller held by both of a user’s hands simultaneously, wherein the hand-held game pad controller includes control circuitry and two motors configured to generate vibration in the controller independent of one another simultaneously with independent intensities, and
a signal generator configured to generate and transmit control signals and configuration data to the hand-held game pad controller, wherein the control signals include instructions for vibrating the controller through independent operation of each of the two motors and the control signals are not audio signals.
10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the computer is a video game console.
11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the computer is configured to transmit the control signals through at least one of bi-directional communications, uni-directional communications, wireless communications, and wired communications.
12. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the control signals include instructions for each of the two motors to operate differently in at least one of vibration duration, vibration speed, vibration intensity, vibration duty cycles, and power output.
13. The apparatus of claim 9, further comprising:
the hand-held game pad controller.
14. A method for providing vibratory tactile sensations to a computer user, the method comprising:
generating, with a computer, control signals corresponding to a video game being executed on the computer;
transmitting, from the computer to a hand-held game pad controller, the control signals, wherein the hand-held game pad controller is held by both of the user’s hands simultaneously, and wherein the hand-held game pad controller includes control circuitry, two motors configured to generate vibration in the hand-held game pad controller independent of one another, and a battery for powering the first and the second motor remote from the computer and without electrical connection to the computer; and
vibrating the hand-held game pad controller based on the control signals, wherein the vibrating includes independently operating the two motors to generate vibrations simultaneously with independent intensities.
15. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the hand-held game pad controller is configured to connect to the computer through a wireless connection.
16. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the control circuitry is configured to exchange configuration data with the computer.
17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the control circuitry is configured to transmit configuration data to the computer, and wherein the configuration data includes at least one of status data, verification data, and operating data.
18. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the connector includes a wireless connection with the hand-held game pad controller.
19. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the configuration data includes parameters for processing of the control signals.
20. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the computer is configured to receive at least one of status data, verification data, and operating data from the control circuitry.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An image forming apparatus comprising:
an image forming portion which forms a toner image;
a transfer portion which transfers the toner image onto a sheet;
a fixing portion which includes a pressure roller and a heating member that forms a fixing nip to fix the toner image onto the sheet by coming in press contact with the pressure roller;
a curl correcting unit which is provided on a downstream of the fixing portion in a sheet conveyance direction and includes a first roller and a second roller that forms a correction nip to correct a curl of the sheet by coming in press contact with the first roller;
a holding portion which movably holds the second roller;
a biasing member which applies a force to the holding portion in such a direction that the second roller comes in press contact with the first roller;
a door which rotatably holds the first roller, is supported to be opened and closed, and separates the first roller from the second roller by being opened; and
a retracting portion which causes the holding portion to be retracted to a position where the second roller deviates from a movement path of the door against a biasing force of the biasing member according to a closing operation of the door.
2. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the retracting portion includes a cam follower provided in the holding portion and a cam provided in the door, and
when the door is opened and closed, the cam and the cam follower abut on each other such that the holding portion is retracted to the position where the second roller deviates from the movement path of the door against the biasing force of the biasing member.
3. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a door biasing member which applies a force to the door in such a direction that the door is closed.
4. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a fixing pressure lever which presses the heating member and is moved to change a fixing nip pressure of the fixing nip;
a correction pressure lever which presses the second roller and is moved to change a correction nip pressure of the correction nip;
a cam member which moves each of the fixing pressure lever and the correction pressure lever; and
a control portion which rotates the cam member,
wherein the control portion changes the fixing nip pressure and the correction nip pressure by rotating the cam member.
5. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein the control portion switches between a first state, a second state in which the fixing nip pressure is higher than that of the first state and the correction nip pressure is the same as that of the first state, and a third state in which the fixing nip pressure is the same as that of the second state and the correction nip pressure is higher than that of the first state, by rotating the cam member.
6. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein, in a case where the door is opened and closed, the control portion allows the correction nip pressure to be low by rotating the cam member.
7. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4,
wherein a separating portion which separates the second roller from the first roller is provided in the fixing pressure lever.
8. The image forming apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:
a temperature sensor which detects an environmental temperature; and
a humidity sensor which detects an environmental humidity,
wherein the control portion switches states of the fixing nip pressure and the correction nip pressure by rotating the cam member based on the temperature detected by the temperature sensor and the humidity detected by the humidity sensor.
9. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8,
wherein the control portion switches the states of the fixing nip pressure and the correction nip pressure by rotating the cam member based on a threshold, and
the threshold is changed according to at least the correction nip pressure of which the state is not switched yet.
10. The image forming apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising:
a detecting portion which detects a basis weight and a surface property of the sheet,
wherein the threshold is changed according to the basis weight and the surface property of the sheet detected by the detecting portion.
11. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:
a guide member which guides the sheet that passes through the fixing nip to the correction nip,
wherein a fixing nip side end of the guide member is supported to be able to turn, and the holding portion is supported by a correction nip side end of the guide member.
12. The image forming apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein the first roller is an elastic roller,
the second roller is a non-elastic roller, and
the second roller is driven to be rotated by rotating the first roller to drive.