Recent patent application with the USPTO details possible add-ons for upcoming PS3 gamepad, including microphone, flashlight, biometric reader, baseball bat. Sony plans to launch its camera-based motion-sensing controller for the PlayStation 3 in just a few months, but the publisher has yet to delve too deeply into what gamers can expect from it. However, a number of possible functions came to light, courtesy of a Sony Computer Entertainment patent application filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office last week. Connect controllers can be done in a number of ways. According to the filing and a range of associated schematics, Sony appears to have its sights set on introducing a variety of attachments to flesh out the controller’s functionality. Attachments for what appears to be the PS3’s new controller run the gamut from the technical to the mundane, with examples in the filing ranging from microphones to flashlights to m…[...]

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Sony filing details motion-sensing controller attachments