ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,484, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to City University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
"Self-powered passive electro-tactile haptic glove" was invented by Xinge Yu (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Guoqiang Xu (Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Haoyu Wang (Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Guangyao Zhao (Hong Kong, Hong Kong).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a self-powered passive electro-tactile haptic glove comprising: a plurality of textile-based triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) configured to harvest electrostatic energy through physical contact; a plurality of power management circuits electrically connected to the plura...