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Sony patents system to detect device theft via motion and nearby strangers

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Patent drawing from the official filing.

Sony has filed a patent for a security method that monitors a device's movement and scans for nearby, unpaired gadgets. If the device moves in a specific way and an unknown device is close by, the system triggers a security response.

Why it mattersThis approach could make it harder to steal a console or controller by automatically locking down the device if it is moved away from its owner's known devices.

In the filing’s own words

Techniques are provided for detecting a theft of a device, the techniques comprising detecting one or more unrecognised devices, identifying one or more characteristics of the device's motion, determining if one or more unrecognised devices are within a threshold distance of the device, and determining whether one or more characteristics of the device's motion meets a threshold condition, and executing one or more security responses if one or more unrecognised devices are within a threshold distance and if the device's motion meets or exceeds the threshold condition.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. A system comprising: one or more processors; and one or more computer-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising: detecting one or more unrecognised devices; identifying one or more characteristics associated with a motion of a current device; determining if the one or more unrecognised devices are within a threshold distance of the current device; determining whether the one or more characteristics associated with the motion of the current device meets a threshold condition; and executing one or more security responses if the one or more unrecognised devices are within the threshold distance of the current device and if the one or more characteristics associated with the motion of the current device meets or exceeds the threshold condition.

Facts

Company
Sony (Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc.)
Official title
DEVICE SECURITY SYSTEM AND METHOD
Publication number
US20260310777A1
Application number
19638914
Filed
Apr 3, 2026
Published
Oct 8, 2026
Inventors
1
Claims
20

Classified under

G06F 21/35 Physics & computingG06F 21/44 Physics & computing
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