ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,439,890, issued on Oct. 14.
"Touch controlled, low-latency, laser pet toy" was invented by Aaron M. Hieber (Tipp City, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A touch screen controlled light emitting pet toy that has a light emitting device equipped to direct a point of light on a surface to provide entertainment to a pet and includes movement about multiple axis and is operated by a touch screen computer based device communicably connected to a controller of the toy. The toy is equipped to receive user input from an application with a touch-screen directly or indirectly via a camera that provides live video data to the application and relay...