US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on April 7 for "Handheld controller with hand detection sensors" (Washington, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,492, issued on April 7, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Handheld controller with hand detection sensors" was invented by Benjamin Elliott Tunberg Rogoza (Leavenworth, Wash.), Sharvil Shailesh Talati (Belmont, Mass.), James Stocker Webb (Seattle), Yi-yaun Chen (Seattle), Jason Andrew Higgins (Seattle), Bradley Morris Johnson (Edmonds, Wash.) and Peter Wesley Bristol (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld controller configured to be held by a user's hand. The handheld controller comprising a main body, and a handle extending from the main body, wherein the handle has a palm side and a ...