ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,029, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Aescape Inc. (New York).

"User interface for an automated massage system with body model and control object" was invented by Eric A. Litman (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Sean Furr (Emeryville, Calif.), Nicholas Akiona (New York) and Mikhail Nakhimovich (Randolph, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A body model representing a massage recipient of an automated massage that is provided via a robotic arm is received. A user input is received via a control object in a user interface. The user input is output where the user input is used to update the automated massage that is provided via the robotic arm. The ...