ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,223,110, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Secure integrated circuit for smart haptics" was invented by Denis G. Chen (San Jose, Calif.), Matthew T. Metzler (San Francisco), Eric M. Innis (Hillsboro, Ore.), Darya Amin-Shahidi (Menlo Park, Calif.), Shingo Yoneoka (Saratoga, Calif.), Chi Kin Ho (Milpitas, Calif.), Adriane S. Niehaus (Saratoga, Calif.), Matthew N. Weege (Los Gatos, Calif.), Michael S. Weinstein (San Francisco), Tristan R. Hudson (Campbell, Calif.), Parin Patel (San Jose, Calif.) and Jonathan A. Gordon (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A software defined button includes a forc...