ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,696, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Remote operation system" was invented by Masaki Haruna (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A remote operation system includes an edge device that contacts a target, a motion operation transmission device that receives an operator operation for operating the edge device and outputs motion transmission information to the edge device, and a visual presentation device that displays an image of the target and the edge device. The edge device-includes a haptic sensing device that detects a haptic sensation to the target, a haptic optical converter that converts...