Sony files patent for 'EyePad'
Sony has filed a patent for the "EyePad," a tablet controller made to work in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye.
Sony registers patents at a fairly regular pace, and nothing ever comes of some of them. But sometimes, they're just so bizarre or interesting that we have to take a look. A new patent from Sony Computer Entertainment Europe details the "EyePad," a flat tablet that interacts with a variety of functions.
The patent (via Kotaku) was filed in the summer of 2012, and seems to be for the sake of R&D. The screen can act as a touchpad, detect motion above the touchpad with embedded cameras, and track motion with the PlayStation Eye.
The "EyePad" moniker seems to be a code name, and it may never come to market. We have heard rumors that Sony is interested in putting a touch screen on its PlayStation 4 controller, and yesterday we even saw a rumored prototype. It could be that this device is a precursor to that controller, another control option, or even just an R&D project that never gets off the ground. Only time will tell.
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Sony has filed a patent for the "EyePad," a tablet controller made to work in conjunction with the PlayStation Eye.-
I'm sure Apple will be totally ok with this...
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Not sure there is a whole lot they can do. Its not the actual name. If Nvidia can get away with giving one of their processors the codename Kal-El I don't think there will be a problem. Sony has had the eye toy for years before the ipad and we don't know for sure how this pad will work with that if at all.
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The Nvidia situation is not even remotely the same (a GPU and Superman don't cause any market confusion in similar product segments) but yeah obviously if the final name is different it's nbd
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It's a codename NOC
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Oh this is gonna end well.
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Haha good luck with that.
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If this comes to market, it seems like Sony throwing spaghetti at the wall to see what sticks. I don't see it going anywhere.
As an aside, I hate the practice of patenting things the patent holder never intends to market. I wish they could be invalidated after a certain amount of time (shorter than normal patent expiration). -
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I can hear a set of lawyers lining their pockets with gold already.
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Isn't it a flock of lawyers?
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Codenames can be whatever you want.
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That is totally not a misleading product name.
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Well it isn't since it isn't a product name.
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They are parallel.
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I think some of you are confused about what parallel means.
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The lines in that drawing are parallel. (not counting 1 degree errors of a hand-drawn image)
If the image was done with linear perspective, (size diminishment over distance) then the lines would no longer be parallel. They would converge on each other, the further away they were.
This is an orthographic drawing. There is no linear perspective.
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