US Patent Issued to THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO on Sept. 1 for "System and operation method" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,534, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO (Japan).

"System and operation method" was invented by Shouren Huang (Tokyo), Yuji Yamakawa (Tokyo) and Masatoshi Ishikawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system is provided that effectively assists a user in learning a prescribed motion, irrespective of the user's age and motivation. The system comprises a first contact unit, a sensor unit, and a second contact unit. The first contact unit is connected to a point to be operated. By the first contact unit coming into contact with a first limb of a user, a target position that is defined by the point to be operate...