ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,120, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Zhuhai Xiangyi Aviation Technology Co. LTD. (Zhuhai, China).

"Simulator joystick force calibration method" was invented by Xiaofeng Xu (Zhuhai, China), Lei Liu (Zhuhai, China), Cong Chen (Zhuhai, China) and Jie Cao (Zhuhai, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A simulator joystick force calibration method aims to solve problems such as low simulation fidelity of joystick forces that compromises training effectiveness, lack of a fixed reference standard, and the positioning of measurement sensors that leads to non-intuitive force sensing data with significant deviations. The method includes: r...