ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,980, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. (Singapore).
"Hand customizable human input device" was invented by Lindsay Nelson (Morrisville, N.C.), Inna Zolin (Morrisville, N.C.), Faisal Mohamed (Morrisville, N.C.) and Allen Richey (Morrisville, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A human input device can include a processor; memory accessible to the processor; communication circuitry operatively coupled to the processor; pressure sensors operatively coupled to the processor and assignable to different navigation commands communicable via the communication circuitry; and a deformable material disposed over ...