ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,304,088, issued on May 20, was assigned to Toyota Research Institute Inc. (Los Altos, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for calibrating deformable sensors" was invented by Alexander Alspach (Somerville, Mass.) and Naveen Suresh Kuppuswamy (Arlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for calibrating deformable sensors are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method of calibrating a deformable sensor includes capturing image data of the deformable sensor using an external image sensor, wherein the deformable sensor comprises a deformable membrane defining an enclosure that is configured to be filled with a medium. The method...