ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,114, issued on April 14, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Electrodes for gesture recognition" was invented by Kaan E. Dogrusoz (San Francisco), Ali Moin (San Mateo, Calif.), Benjamin J. Grena (San Francisco), Erdrin Azemi (San Mateo, Calif.), Joseph Cheng (Cupertino, Calif.), Lia M. Uesato (San Jose, Calif.) and Daniel A. Podhajny (Morgan Hill, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrodes that can be formed in a flexible band of a wrist-worn device to detect hand gestures are disclosed. Multiple rows of electrodes can be configured to detect electromyography (EMG) signals produced by activity of muscles and tendo...