US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on May 12 for "Shape changeable apparatus, shape control method, and tactile sense providing apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,553, issued on May 12, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Shape changeable apparatus, shape control method, and tactile sense providing apparatus" was invented by Hiroshi Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shape changeable apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a base, a first deformable member, a second deformable member, an inflow control opening, a first opening, a second opening, and a flow path. The first deformable member forms a first space between the first deformable member and the base. The second deformable member forms a second space between the second deformable member ...