Sony patents wristband that tracks controller position for games
Sony describes a system where a user wears a small fixture that communicates wirelessly with a separate device placed away from them. This setup calculates the exact position of the worn item and sends that data to a game controller held in the user's hand.
In the filing’s own words
An object of the present disclosure is to enable an operation device to acquire the position of a user holding the operation device. A positioning system ( 1) includes a wearing fixture ( 30) that is worn by a user and is capable of communicating with an operation device ( 20) held by the user, and a communication device ( 40) that is capable of wirelessly communicating with the wearing fixture ( 30) and is arranged apart from the user. The wearing fixture ( 30) or the communication device ( 40) calculates the position of the wearing fixture ( 30) on the basis of the communication between these devices. The wearing fixture ( 30) transmits information related to the calculated position of the wearing fixture ( 30) to the operation device ( 20).
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A positioning system comprising: a wearing fixture that is worn by a user and is capable of communicating with an operation device held by the user; and a communication device that is capable of wirelessly communicating with the wearing fixture and is arranged apart from the user, wherein the wearing fixture or the communication device calculates a position of the wearing fixture on a basis of the communication between the wearing fixture and the communication device, and the wearing fixture transmits information related to the position of the wearing fixture calculated by the wearing fixture or the communication device to the operation device.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- POSITIONING SYSTEM AND POSITIONING METHOD
- Publication number
- US20260284525A1
- Application number
- 19115586
- Filed
- Nov 8, 2022
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 10
Classified under
A63F 13/428 Human necessitiesA63F 13/212 Human necessitiesA63F 13/235 Human necessitiesG01S 5/14 Physics & computingMore from Sony in Games & media
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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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