US Patent Issued to SONY GROUP on May 13 for "Measurement device and measurement method, and program for measuring a moveable range of a finger" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,205, issued on May 13, was assigned to SONY GROUP Corp. (Tokyo).

"Measurement device and measurement method, and program for measuring a moveable range of a finger" was invented by Hayato Nishioka (Tokyo), Takanori Oku (Tokyo) and Shinichi Furuya (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a measurement device which is operable to measure a movable range of a finger easily in a further small size and a measurement method, and a program. The measurement device includes: a first linear motion mechanism which has a contacting part contacting a back of a hand linearly moves along a longitudinal direction, the back of the hand...