Sony patents ring that tracks finger movements for virtual displays
Sony has filed a patent for a ring-shaped input device that fits on a user's finger. It uses built-in sensors to detect movements from other fingers and sends this data wirelessly to an external device. The system determines where to place virtual objects in a display based on whether the ring is worn on the left or right hand.
In the filing’s own words
There is provided an input device, a system, and a control method capable of performing an operation input that is more natural, less burdensome, and less bothersome in operations in daily life. The input device includes a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user; one or more sensors that are provided in the main body portion and that detect information regarding an operation input by another finger; a communication unit that performs wireless communication with an external device; and a control unit that performs control to transmit the information regarding the operation input detected by the one or more sensors to the external device by the communication unit.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: circuitry configured to: obtain first information indicating whether an input device is supported by a left hand or a right hand of a user; and determine a display position of a first virtual object based on the first information, wherein the input device is configured to be supported by either the left hand or the right hand, and wherein the first virtual object is superimposed on a real space or displayed in a virtual space at the determined display position.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Group Corporation)
- Official title
- INPUT DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND CONTROL METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260277324A1
- Application number
- 19681672
- Filed
- May 19, 2026
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Inventors
- 4
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
G06F 3/014 Physics & computingG06F 3/013 Physics & computingG06F 3/016 Physics & computingG06F 3/0346 Physics & computingG06F 3/0383 Physics & computingG06F 3/02 Physics & computingMore from Sony in Wearables
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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