ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,696,028, issued on July 28, was assigned to Starkey Laboratories Inc. (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
"Ear-worn electronic device incorporating gesture control system using frequency-hopping spread spectrum transmission" was invented by Dong Xue (Bloomington, Minn.), Zhenchao Yang (Eden Prairie, Minn.), Gregory J. Haubrich (Champlin, Minn.) and Stephen Paul Flood (Eden Prairie, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system comprises a first ear-worn electronic device configured to be worn by a wearer, and a second electronic device comprising a second ear-worn electronic device or other electronic device. A wireless transceiver operably coupled t...