US Patent Issued to The Texas A&M University System on April 21 for "Passive sensor systems for peripheral input devices and the use thereof" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,118, issued on April 21, was assigned to The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Passive sensor systems for peripheral input devices and the use thereof" was invented by Mark E. Benden (College Station, Texas) and Joohyun Rhee (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The biometric and performance monitoring system includes a computer having a mouse and a keyboard electronically coupled thereto. A first sensor is disposed in the mouse, and is electrically coupled to the computer. A second sensor is disposed in the keyboard and is electrically coupled to the computer. The first sensor and the second se...