ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,370,435, issued on July 29, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).
"Input device" was invented by Masaho Morita (Tokyo) and Kenji Kawashima (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Noise is prevented from occurring in voice data acquired by a microphone due to an operation of an input stick. An input device (10) includes an upper cabinet section (41) having an opening formed therein, an input button (35) that is positioned inside the opening and is movable in an upward-downward direction, an elastic member that biases the input button (35) toward an initial position of the input button (35), and a buffer member (37). T...