ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,835, issued on April 14, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Wearable controller" was invented by Estefania Rodriguez Quiros (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable controller for video games includes: a garment; contact pads detachably secured to the garment via connectors; and a programmable central controller circuit. The contact pads are connected to the central controller circuit and are operable to generate input signals in response to user action."

The patent was filed on Sept. 28, 2022, under Application No. 17/954,590.

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