ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,577, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Not Impossible LLC (Venice, Calif.).
"Vibrotactile control systems and methods" was invented by Mick Ebeling (Venice, Calif.), Daniel Biscaro Loureiro (Philadelphia), Patrick Hanlon (Brooklyn, N.Y.) and David Francis Putrino (New York).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are disclosed to facilitate creating the sensation of vibrotactile movement on the body of a user. Vibratory motors are used to generate a haptic language for music or other stimuli that is integrated into wearable technology. The disclosed system in certain embodiments enables the creation of a family of devices ...