Microsoft patents Xbox controller that can read your hand pressure
Microsoft has patented an Xbox controller that can identify who’s holding it based on hand pressure. The patent, spotted by Engadget, reveals technology that lets a standard Xbox controller “reliably determine the identity of the user holding the device” through the use of pressure sensors. Here’s the official description: “A hand-held device having a body with a pressure-sensitive exterior surface. At least a portion of the pressure-sensitive exterior surface is designed to be grasped by a user’s hand. The pressure-sensitive surface contains a plurality of pressure sensors operative to provide an output signal proportional to a pressure applied by the user’s hands to the exterior surface of the hand-held device at the area the pressure sensor is located. The device also includes a memory for storing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors and a processor for comparing the output signals provided by the plurality of pressure sensors against stored pressure profile signatures for positively identifying the user.” Read more…
