ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,113, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc. (Tokyo).

"Information processing device, information processing method, and program" was invented by Shinichi Kariya (Chiba, Japan), Taeko Neda (Tokyo) and Kensaku Ishizuka (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an information processing device including a measured torque value acquisition section and a contact event detection section. The measured torque value acquisition section acquires a first measured torque value measured by a motor that drives a joint of a housing. In a case where a threshold range is exceeded by the first measured torque va...