ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,584, issued on May 26, was assigned to Sony Group Corp. (Tokyo).

"System, game console and method for adjusting a virtual environment" was invented by Rik Claesen (Stuttgart, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for non-intrusively adjusting a virtual environment. The method comprises sensing a physical activity of a user perceiving the virtual environment and determining an emotional state of the user based on the sensed physical activity. Further, the method provides for adjusting the virtual environment using the user's emotional state as non-intrusive in-put by the user to increase and/or not to break the user's immersi...