ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,260, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Method and device for estimating locomotion in virtual reality" was invented by Yunho Choi (Gwangju, South Korea), Kyung-Joong Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Ecehan Akan (Gwangju, South Korea), Dong Hyeok Park (Gwangju, South Korea), Sung Ha Lee (Gwangju, South Korea), Hyeon-Chang Jeon (Gwangju, South Korea) and Isaac Han (Gwangju, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating locomotion in virtual reality performed by at least one processor includes measuring a plurality of pressure points according to a use...