US Patent Issued to FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION on May 19 for "Glove providing enhanced selection and manipulation capabilities" (Alabama Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,890, issued on May 19, was assigned to FLORIDA INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN AND MACHINE COGNITION INC. (Pensacola, Fla.).

"Glove providing enhanced selection and manipulation capabilities" was invented by Jeff Phillips (Lillian, Ala.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A glove that enhances a user's ability to sense the details of external objects and to interact with external objects. One or more tactile nodes are provided on the glove. Each tactile node incorporates an attached rod oriented approximately perpendicular to the outer surface of the glove. The rod extends through to the interior of the glove-where it ends in a finger interface. When ...