US Patent Issued to Tata Consultancy Services on April 7 for "Gesture based tactile interaction in extended reality using form factor of a physical object" (Indian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,213, issued on April 7, was assigned to Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (Mumbai, India).

"Gesture based tactile interaction in extended reality using form factor of a physical object" was invented by Lakshmi Despande (Mumbai, India), Amandeep Othi (Delhi, India), Ashok Maharaj (Chennai, India), Jibin John (Chennai, India), Gowthaman Jayabalakrishnan (Chennai, India), Jai Kumar (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Abhijeet Kumar (Chennai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A product is traditionally experienced in XR mainly through sight that accounts for about 80% of sensory inputs, thereby impeding an immersive experience of a product. In the...