US Patent Issued to DATALOGIC IP TECH on Nov. 3 for "Automated shopping support system based on hand location and movements" (Italian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,784,551, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to DATALOGIC IP TECH S.R.L. (Bologna, Italy).

"Automated shopping support system based on hand location and movements" was invented by Francesco D'Ercoli (Bologna, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shopping support system includes: a bracelet including an accelerometer detecting linear movements of a hand/or gyroscope detecting rotational movements of the hand, and that repeatedly wirelessly transmits indications of the linear and/or rotational movements; a set of stationary positioning devices that cooperate with the bracelet to repeatedly exchange wireless triangulation signals, and to measur...