US Patent Issued to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT on May 27 for "Information processing apparatus, device speed estimation method, and device position estimation method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,314,487, issued on May 27, was assigned to SONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Tokyo).

"Information processing apparatus, device speed estimation method, and device position estimation method" was invented by Kenzo Nishikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor data acquisition unit 214 acquires sensor data indicating an acceleration of a device including a vibrator. A second estimation processing unit 250 estimates a speed of the device on the basis of the sensor data. A vibration determination unit 262 determines whether or not the vibrator is vibrating on the basis of the sensor data. A stationary determination unit 264 det...