US Patent Issued to University of Central Florida Research Foundation on July 29 for "Augmented reality system including corporal tactile devices" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,064, issued on July 29, was assigned to University of Central Florida Research Foundation Inc. (Orlando, Fla.).

"Augmented reality system including corporal tactile devices" was invented by Christopher Randles (Orlando, Fla.) and Ryan McMahan (Orlando, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an advanced augmented reality, AR, apparatus featuring a video see-through AR, VST-AR, device that captures images of a real-world environment and displays augmented versions on a screen. The system includes a corporal entity, such as an empty laboratory vessel, equipped with a unique identification marker. This marke...