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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 16, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2022
Applicant:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Sarah Karp, San Mateo, CA (US);
Darice Lee, San Mateo, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sony Interactive Entertainment Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/10 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 1/1016 (2013.01); H04M 1/6066 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller for providing inputs to an interactive application includes a first surface with a pair of slots to store earbuds, a plurality of control buttons and touch input surfaces defined on one or more surfaces including the first surface. A processor is configured to pair the controller to a computing device executing the interactive application and is coupled to each of the slots so as to pair the earbuds received therein to the controller and to share the pairing between the controller and the computing device with the earbuds received in the pair of slots.