ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,922, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Interface apparatus and coexistence experience providing system" was invented by Yoshikane Tanaami (Nagoya, Japan) and Miyuki Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface apparatus includes: a plurality of force plates provided over a floor of a real space; and an output section that provides, with respect to a plurality of users, a simulation apparatus configured to generate a virtual space with an output signal from a force plate 11 that has detected a foot pressure of a user and a signal indicating a position of the user on the floor a...