ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,783,059, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SIM IP HXR LLC (Sunny Isles Beach, Fla.).

"Determining a primary control mode of controlling an electronic device using 3D gestures or using control manipulations from a user manipulable input device" was invented by David Holz (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The technology disclosed relates to using gestures to supplant or augment use of a standard input device coupled to a system. It also relates to controlling a display using gestures. It further relates to controlling a system using more than one input device. In particular, it relates to detecting a standard input device that c...