US Patent Issued to The Regents of The University of Michigan on Oct. 20 for "Hardware interaction proxy for accessing touchscreens" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,769,442, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Regents of The University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Hardware interaction proxy for accessing touchscreens" was invented by Anhong Guo (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Alanson Sample (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Ruijie Geng (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Thomas Krolikowski (Ann Arbor, Mich.), Yasha Iravantchi (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Chen Liang (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Touchscreen devices, designed with an assumed range of user abilities and interaction patterns, often present challenges for individuals with diverse abilities to operate independently. Prior efforts to improve accessibility throu...