ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,604, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Applied Minds LLC (Burbank, Calif.).
"Customizable and reconfigurable virtual instrument panel" was invented by Bran Ferren (Beverly Hills, Calif.), W. Daniel Hillis (Cambridge, Mass.), Randall Adam Yates (Ventura, Calif.), Ira M. Lichtman (Simi Valley, Calif.) and Clint Blake Hope (Los Angeles).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an instrument control panel that is easily customized and reconfigured, and yet provides the familiar tactile sensation of physical knobs, sliders, and buttons. The instrument control panel comprises one or more interface components that are removably c...