ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,655, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe Ltd. (London).

"Analog stick calibration" was invented by Gregory James Bedwell (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for calibrating a dead-zone of an analogue stick of a controller for a gaming system, the method comprising: determining a stationary time period, wherein the stationary time period is a period of time since the controller previously moved; when the stationary time period is equal to or greater than a threshold time period, determining a current position of the analogue stick of the controller relative to a neutral ...