US Patent Issued to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM on Sept. 22 for "Systems and methods for thermal referral and sense masking" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,157, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM (Austin, Texas).

"Systems and methods for thermal referral and sense masking" was invented by Jin Ryong Kim (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device produces thermal sensations perceived as originating in a region not receiving thermal energy. The device includes: a thermal actuator for generating thermal energy within a thermal effect region of a human anatomy area; a tactile actuator for generating a tactile force in a tactile effect region of the human anatomy area, wherein the thermal effect region and the tactile effect region...