ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,655, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Two Six Labs LLC (Arlington, Va.).
"Haptic feedback from audio stimuli" was invented by Nash Reilly (Malden, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wearable device generates haptic feedback around a 360 degree range for indicating an audio stimuli. The user/wearer receives the haptic feedback for indicating a direction from which the audio stimuli emanated. A helmet housing the device includes vibratory elements arranged in a circular frame responsive to microphones around an outer perimeter of the helmet. The frame fits snugly over a user's head, and upon detection of a distal sound by the micro...