Patent attributes
Disclosed herein are a controller device and a method of detecting user inputs. According to at least one embodiment, an electronic controller device includes first and second button components, a processing circuit and a communication interface. The first and second button components respectively include first and second touch pads. The first and second button components are configured to register click operations by respectively first and second fingers of a user. The first and second touch pads are configured to register touch operations by fingers. The processing circuit is configured to convert the click operations and the touch operations into input signals. The communication interface is configured to transmit the input signals to at least one external device.