ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,456, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to CFPH LLC (New York).
"Instructional surface with haptic and optical elements" was invented by Stephen Merkel (New York) and Jason Poulos (Commack, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise system may include an exercise mat; sensors integrated into the exercise mat, each of the sensors configured to sense when a force is applied to a respective portion of the exercise mat; and displays coupled to the exercise mat and configured to display indications corresponding to desired locations for body parts of a user in accordance with an exercise routine. On one or more of the displays, indication...