ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,819, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Adeia Guides Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for an improved input device" was invented by Aldis Sipolins (Somerville, Mass.), Serhad Doken (Bryn Mawr, Pa.) and Jean-Yves Couleaud (Mission Viejo, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for receiving input via an input device. A first signal is received via a muscle activity sensor. It is determined that the first signal corresponds to a movement of a user digit that does not correspond to a first interaction with an input element of the input device. A digit movement direction is identified, and a pr...