ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,935, issued on April 15, was assigned to Sony Corp. (Tokyo).
"Haptic presentation system and apparatus" was invented by Hiroto Kawaguchi (Kanagawa, Japan), Hironobu Abe (Kanagawa, Japan) and Hiroshi Suzuki (Kanagawa, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A haptic presentation apparatus includes a base material, an elastic layer, and a fluid transport apparatus. The base material forms a first space and includes a first through hole. The elastic layer covers a surface of the base material including the first through hole. The fluid transport apparatus injects fluid between the elastic layer and the base material via the first through ho...