“A touch surface is disposed on one side of the handle. The touch surface has an indicator that is identified by a surface characteristic on the touch surface,” reads the patent. “The touch surface provides an area for receiving directionality control in response to interfacing by a finger of a user.”

Sony explains that a joystick on the PlayStation Move wouldn’t be appropriate because of the active nature of using the remote. Also, the touchpad could also function as an additional button, as the trackpad does on the PS4 DualShock 4 controller."