US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on May 27 for "Method for and a communication device adapted to modify the shape of the device" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,316,804, issued on May 27, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Method for and a communication device adapted to modify the shape of the device" was invented by Jose Araujo (Stockholm) and Lars Andersson (Solna, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and a communication device for changing the shape of a flexible communication device is suggested. The suggested method is initiated by recognizing a request for actuating a haptic effect on the communication device. At least one property associated with the requested haptic effect, and at least one property of the communication device, where the latte...