ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,440,164, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).
"Apparatus and method for estimating optical-based force" was invented by Byung Hoon Ko (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung Woo Noh (Seongnam-si, South Korea), Tak Hyung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Sang Yun Park (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Jin Woo Choi (Ansan-si, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided i an apparatus configured to estimate an optical-based force, the apparatus including a main body, a cover disposed at a first side of the main body and configured to contact an object, a support part connected to two sides of the c...