The Sony HQ in Japan recently filed a patent for "TouchEngine" which, from what it seems, could be used in a variety of hardware ranging from, mobile phones, gaming controllers, to audio/video media devices. With the PSP Go and the PS3 motion controller well on their way, will this pave the way for Sony's next piece of hardware? More details after the jump.

"TV Superstars," huh... Interesting. You'd be interested too once you find out that this is the trademark filing that was unearthed at that US Patent and Trademark Office, filed on September 11 by Sony.

Siliconera went patent-spotting recently and guess what they found - two Namco Bandai patents sharing a similar theme: "Skies of Fury" and "Skies of Hostility." When Namco Bandai and skies are on the same subject line, one would probably remember their flight simulator, Ace Combat, which hasn't been making its presence felt in the gaming scene in a while. Another installment, maybe?

Newport Beach, California-based firm,  Shared Memory Graphics LLC, is taking out the big guns and going after three of the top tech makers in the industry, namely Apple, Nintendo and Sony, alleging that these companies have infringed on their patent rights.

You've heard of the PSP-controlled car, right? Here's another PSP accessory that never quite got off the drawing board: a gun controller accessory for the PSP-1000.

Apart from the Warhawk + Space = Starhawk trademark that Sony filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office, there is apparently another one, and this time, it's for "Dominion".

I haven't really kept up with the Front Mission series after the third one, but that may soon change as it looks like Square Enix is planning to bring a new Front Mission game to North America.

Imagine using your PSP as a controller for a toy car. Cool, huh? Now, check out that image plastered at the full article. Hey, what do you know! It's a PSP that looks to be controlling a toy car, just like you imagined! Yes, and that picture is actually a Sony patent application. Oh, the possibilities!

Right off the bat, I will say that this does not have anything to do with FF7's Cloud Strife. It could, however, be related to the Lifestream - but that already's a bit of a stretch. See, when you're talking Internet jargon, a cloud basically refers to a network of resources. Cloud computing comes in when you have that cloud sharing resources for a common goal. Yes, think Folding@Home. But what's the next step for Sony?

Well now here's something definitely interesting. Tipster bitwreck sent this in; he just sniffed out a patent that was filed by Sony Japan. But... what is it?

Many thanks to bitwreck for sniffing this out and sending us the tip!