allaboutsymbian
December 8th, 2009, 23:40
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2009/12/sony-controller-patent.jpg (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=)
We've seen plenty of PlayStation motion control patents (http://www.engadget.com/tag/sony,patent) from Sony, some of them surprisingly similar to what we've actually observed of the as-yet-unnamed controller (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ps3motioncontroller). This new one, however, gets a little odd. The basic structure seems familiar, but Sony's recently-filed patent application deals with add-ons in wild ways that not even the peripheral-happy folks at Nintendo have envisioned. Our favorite is probably the double-ender (Fig. 6B for those of you following along at home), which is probably the most assured recipe for a little brother's bloody nose to be run by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office since the longstaff was invented. So, does this mean more cash to shell out for a "full" PS3 motion control experience? We can't imagine Sony being gung-ho about that strategy in the face of the (as yet) add-on free Project Natal (http://www.engadget.com/tag/rojectNatal/), but we suppose we'll just have to wait and find out.Sony's PlayStation motion controller patents venture into abstract realms (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/) http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_VIA.gifCrave (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10411469-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-10) | http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gifU.S. Patent & Trademark Office (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=) | Email this (http://www.engadget.com/forward/19270676/) | Comments (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/#comments)
More... (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/)
We've seen plenty of PlayStation motion control patents (http://www.engadget.com/tag/sony,patent) from Sony, some of them surprisingly similar to what we've actually observed of the as-yet-unnamed controller (http://www.engadget.com/tag/ps3motioncontroller). This new one, however, gets a little odd. The basic structure seems familiar, but Sony's recently-filed patent application deals with add-ons in wild ways that not even the peripheral-happy folks at Nintendo have envisioned. Our favorite is probably the double-ender (Fig. 6B for those of you following along at home), which is probably the most assured recipe for a little brother's bloody nose to be run by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office since the longstaff was invented. So, does this mean more cash to shell out for a "full" PS3 motion control experience? We can't imagine Sony being gung-ho about that strategy in the face of the (as yet) add-on free Project Natal (http://www.engadget.com/tag/rojectNatal/), but we suppose we'll just have to wait and find out.Sony's PlayStation motion controller patents venture into abstract realms (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
Permalink (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/) http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_VIA.gifCrave (http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10411469-1.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1040_3-0-10) | http://www.blogsmithmedia.com/www.engadget.com/media/post_label_source.gifU.S. Patent & Trademark Office (http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=4&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=) | Email this (http://www.engadget.com/forward/19270676/) | Comments (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/#comments)
More... (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/sonys-playstation-motion-controller-patents-venture-into-abstra/)