US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on July 7 for "Input device, system, and control method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,675,161, issued on July 7, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Input device, system, and control method" was invented by Ikuo Yamano (Tokyo), Kunihito Sawai (Kanagawa, Japan), Keijiroh Nagano (Tokyo) and Kei Takahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an input device, a system, and a control method capable of performing an operation input that is more natural, less burdensome, and less bothersome in operations in daily life. The input device includes a ring-shaped main body portion to be mounted on a finger of a user; one or more sensors that are provided in the main body portion and that detect information re...