US Patent Issued to Sony Interactive Entertainment on Sept. 23 for "Systems and methods for a microphone input device and microphone accessibility features" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,176, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for a microphone input device and microphone accessibility features" was invented by Sean Whitcomb (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems, processes and device configurations are provided for microphone input devices. A microphone input device can include a plurality of feedback elements positioned along a body and a controller to control the plurality of feedback elements based on feedback from a gaming device. The controller can detect voice input, communicate voice input to the gaming device, and receive ...