ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,975, issued on July 28, was assigned to Meta Platforms Technologies LLC (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Techniques for using in-air wrist-roll gestures detected via a wrist-wearable device to operate another device, and wearable devices and systems for performing those techniques" was invented by Christopher Anderson (Brooklyn, N.Y.), Rahul Arora (McAllen, Texas) and Julian Andres Ramos Rojas (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for performing commands at a head-wearable device based on wrist-roll gestures. One example method includes (i), while an arm of the user is in a first position, obtaining first se...