Mon, Nov 29, 2010 | 12:28 GMT
Sony patents trackpad device, is probably for PSP2
Patents registered by SCEA last month included one for a trackpad device. That sounds a bit familar, doesn’t it?
According to Akihabara News (via Edge), the patent mentions a “handheld device with two-finger touch triggered selection,” with all of the documents mentioning it will come in a two-screen form.
“Comprising: a case having first and second major surfaces; a visual display disposed on the first major surface; a touch interface disposed on at least one of the major surfaces.”
Two weeks ago, VG247 posted shots of a PSP2 dev kit, which showed said trackpad on a PSP go-like device.
PSP2 developers, however, have since reverted back to a kit similar in form to the original PSP-1000.
4 comments
#1
onlineatron
29/11/10, 12:45 pm
I’m incredibly curious to find out how the track-pad works.
Right now it seems like an unwieldy mess of a control method, but perhaps it works well?
Time will tell.
#2
2plus2equals5
29/11/10, 1:51 pm
I bet that qd are developing a heavy rain-like game controlled with trackpad instead of move(for example: crouch = finger down).
#3
Robo_1
29/11/10, 2:40 pm
So from that, is it saying both the front and back of the screen will be touch sensitive?
#4
KrazyKraut
29/11/10, 2:57 pm
i hope they dont exaggerate any innovation…dont wanna break my fatty fingaz.