US Patent Issued to Embracer Freemode on Nov. 3 for "Guitar videogame controllers having hall effect buttons and actuators" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,322, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Embracer Freemode Inc. (Livermore, Calif.).

"Guitar videogame controllers having hall effect buttons and actuators" was invented by Lee Guinchard (Livermore, Calif.) and Jared Chan (Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A guitar videogame controller in accordance with the present disclosure may be configured to be utilized to play videogames that involve simulating the playing of a guitar, such as Guitar Hero(R), Rock Band(R), Fortnite Festival(R), etc. The guitar videogame controller includes one or more hall effect buttons that are configured to facilitate a user setting a desired...