ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,496, issued on Sept. 1.

"Controllers and sensors incorporating optical flexion sensors" was invented by George Lominadze (Bronxville, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Controllers and sensor systems include a base member, a movable member operably coupled to the base member, and at least first and second flexible light guide assemblies extending between the movable member and the base member. Each flexible light guide assembly includes a flexible light guide and an associated light sensor. The systems may include a processor coupled to the light sensors, and a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to ...