PS5 controller: the patent shows that the touchpad has 5 improvements

New details about the DualSense controller

On PS5, you can use the new DualSense controller for gaming, which may make your gaming experience more comfortable and has many new features. A patent shows this, indicating that the touchpad has five major improvements.

PS5 will be Sony's first large-scale game console, and you will not be able to use the DualShock controller for games. Instead, you use the DualSense controller. According to a recent Sony patent, the gamepad can make many innovative improvements to the PS4 controller.

According to the game website Segmentnext, the document was released shortly after the main debut of the DualSense controller and pointed out the function of the new PS5 gamepad. They can make your gaming experience more enjoyable, because the patent illustrates some improvements. They mainly affect the touchpad.

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PS5 controller has many touchpad improvements

The biggest difference from the PS4 controller described in the patent is the display function of the touchpad. If you have to deal with the gray touchpad surface on the PS4 gaming board, the touchpad of the DualSense controller can even be used as a small screen.

Not only can your actions be recognized on the touchpad, but they can also be visually displayed. In addition, the patent also shows a function that clearly shows your interaction with the touchpad in games and menus. Segmentnext carefully studied the patent and discovered five new features that the DualSense of PS5 can expect.

Five possible functions of DualSense controller

• Touchpad visual and tactile division
• Visual templates for gestures [eg arrows shown]
• View and save your last gesture
• Visualize touchpad interaction in games
• Noise filtering when using microphone

For example, when you click on the touchpad, different areas with different functions may be displayed on the touchpad. For example, in a PS5 game, you can choose between four different answers, and then you can display these answers in the form of four fields on the DualSense controller.

The patent also pointed out the display function of gestures. The arrows on the touchpad can show you in which direction you must slide to perform certain operations in the game. You can even see the success of gesture execution in the game. The functions described in the patent also include saving touch points on the touchpad and permanently displaying your last gesture.

It will be particularly advantageous to visualize your gestures on the game screen. Then, you can use the DualSense controller of PS5 as you would a computer mouse. In strategy games, the cursor can always show you your swiping movements, and you do n’t have to look away from the busy battle to see where your fingers are on the touchpad.

The microphone in the gamepad can filter out noise

Another function is related to the microphone of the PS4 controller. The three microphones installed in the controller should determine the exact location of the user and identify them as "speakers." Then, the microphone should only record and transmit the noise emitted by the speaker. Noise around other people in the room should be filtered out. This way, you can easily communicate with other players through the microphone even in a noisy room.

However, please keep in mind that the above Sony patents are not necessarily related to the DualSense controller. This document shows a controller that is more like DualShock. However, since the patent was shown shortly after the unveiling of DualSense, and Sony is unlikely to release the DualShock controller for PS5 in the foreseeable future, it may just be a placeholder. At least some features can actually improve your PS5 gaming experience.