US Patent Issued to Meta Platforms Technologies on June 23 for "Arrangements of illumination sources within and outside of a digit-occluded region of a top cover of a handheld controller to assist with positional tracking of the controller by an artificial-reality system, and systems and methods of use thereof" (Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,664,738, issued on June 23, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Arrangements of illumination sources within and outside of a digit-occluded region of a top cover of a handheld controller to assist with positional tracking of the controller by an artificial-reality system, and systems and methods of use thereof" was invented by Howard Sun (Seattle) and Dustin Tiffany (Woodinville, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handheld controller for an artificial-reality system may include a top cover having a surface surrounded by a perimeter. The surface has a digit-occluded region on which a digit of a user ...