ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,209, issued on May 13, was assigned to Sensel Inc. (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
"Human-computer interface system" was invented by Ninad Sathe (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Ilya Daniel Rosenberg (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Jacob Terracina (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One variation for a seamless touch sensor includes: a substrate, a baseplate, a haptic actuator, a cover layer, and a controller. The substrate includes: a top layer including a set of drive and sense electrode pairs; and a bottom layer including an array of force sensors. The baseplate: is arranged below the substrate; and including an array of spring elements coupling t...