ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,511, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Google LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Radar-based input controls" was invented by Aditya Shailesh Ghadiali (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device includes a radar input control system that can perform presence detection, as well as distinguish between touch input, gesture input, and/or potential docking devices. In implementations, the electronic device includes a plurality of radar reception antennas and at least one transmit channel that feeds a plurality of radar transmission antennas. One or more radar reception antennas of the plurality of radar reception antenn...