US Patent Issued to Sintokogio on March 3 for "Interface apparatus and board sport experience system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,488, issued on March 3, was assigned to Sintokogio Ltd. (Aichi, Japan).

"Interface apparatus and board sport experience system" was invented by Yoshikane Tanaami (Nagoya, Japan) and Miyuki Hayashi (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An interface apparatus for providing a user with a board sport experience in a virtual space includes: a board on which the user is to board; a tilt mechanism that supports the board from below such that the board is tiltable; a force sensor that is provided to the board or the tilt mechanism and that detects a force and a moment which are applied from the user to the board; and an input and out...