ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,414, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE (Columbus, Ohio).
"Neuromuscular electrical stimulation controlled by computer vision" was invented by Samuel Colachis (Columbus, Ohio).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An assistance method for assisting a person in grasping or otherwise manipulating an object includes receiving video of a hand of the person and of an object. An intent to grasp the object is identified based on proximity of the hand to the object in the video or as measured by a proximity sensor, or using gaze tracking, or based on measured neural activity of the person. The object and the hand in the v...