US Patent Issued to Yawman on Feb. 3 for "Controlling simulated and physical vehicles with handheld devices" (Georgia, Texas, Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,541,197, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Yawman LLC (Carmel, Ind.).

"Controlling simulated and physical vehicles with handheld devices" was invented by Thomas Michael Nield (Frisco, Texas), Matthew Charles Perez (Blacksburg, Va.) and Paul Cilino (Atlanta).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a general aspect, a handheld controller device includes a housing and a trigger assembly. The housing is configured to be held in the hands of a user. The trigger assembly includes a pair of triggers extending outward from a side of the handheld controller device and configured to move along respective trigger paths. The trigger assembly also includes a...