ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,055, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to AIQ SYNERTIAL LTD. (Brighton, Great Britain).

"Calibration of an inertial measurement unit for improving the accuracy of a biomechanical skeleton" was invented by Ali Kord (Lewes, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A calibration fixture provides a repeatably accurate tool for measuring offset angles between measurement axes for inertial measurement units (IMUs) used in motion capture. The measured offset angles may be used to correct angles measured by the IMUs to create a biomechanical skeleton that accurately represents movements of a motion capture subject. The disclosed embodiments ...