ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,313, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland) and THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO (Chicago).

"Systems and methods for controlling levels of perceived intensity of a sensory stimulus" was invented by Dustin James Tyler (Cleveland), Emily Lauren Graczyk (Cleveland), Sliman Julien Bensmaia (Chicago), Benoit Pierre Delhaye (Cleveland) and Hannes Philipp Saal (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One aspect of the present disclosure relates to a method for controlling levels of perceived intensity of a sensory stimulus. The method includes configuring a stimulation signal with an activation charge rat...