ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,490, issued on April 7, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Control device, system and method" was invented by Christopher W. Henderson (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control device includes one or more sensors to detect motion of the control device in at least three spatial axes, a wireless communication unit to transmit tracking information indicative of the detected motion and an exterior surface having no more than three user-actuated inputs."

The patent was filed on Jan. 18, 2023, under Application No. 18/155,857.

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