ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,936, issued on May 26.
"Gesture recognition devices and methods" was invented by Thomas J. Moscarillo (Woodbridge, Conn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices and related methods are disclosed herein that generally involve detecting and interpreting gestures made by a user to generate user input information for use by a digital data processing system. In one embodiment, a device includes first and second sensors that observe a workspace in which user gestures are performed. The device can be set to a keyboard input mode, a number pad input mode, or a mouse input mode based on the positioning of the user's hands. Subsequent gestures m...