Sony patents gamepad button that shows a visual reaction on screen
Sony has filed a patent for a system where pressing a specific physical button on a game controller triggers a visual reaction on the screen. The filing describes a method where this button, which also has other standard game functions, sends a signal to display a user interface element indicating the player's reaction.
In the filing’s own words
Systems and methods are provided for presenting a computer simulation on a display, where a controller provides inputs to the computer simulation. An input signal registers an indication of a reaction, the input signal generated by manipulation of a physical button on the controller by a user, the manipulation of the physical button being assigned to generate the input signal registering the indication of the reaction. Responsive to receiving the input signal, a first user interface (UI) comprising a visual indication of the reaction is presented on the display.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method comprising: presenting a computer simulation on a display, wherein a controller provides inputs to the computer simulation; receiving an input signal registering an indication of a reaction, the input signal generated by manipulation of a physical button on the controller by a user, the manipulation of the physical button being assigned to generate the input signal registering the indication of the reaction; and responsive to receiving the input signal, presenting on the display a first user interface (UI) comprising a visual indication of the reaction, wherein the physical button has at least one other function for controlling the computer simulation.
Facts
- Company
- Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
- Official title
- LIKE BUTTON
- Publication number
- US20260284539A1
- Application number
- 19689246
- Filed
- May 27, 2026
- Published
- Sep 24, 2026
- Inventors
- 1
- Claims
- 20
Classified under
A63F 13/79 Human necessitiesA63F 13/537 Human necessitiesG06Q 30/0276 Physics & computingG06F 3/0484 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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