US Patent Issued to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson on March 17 for "Method and device for detecting and responding to user input" (Swedish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,801, issued on March 17, was assigned to Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) (Stockholm).

"Method and device for detecting and responding to user input" was invented by Fredrik Dahlgren (Lund, Sweden), Alexander Hunt (Tygelsjo, Sweden) and Andreas Kristensson (Sodra Sandby, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, a computer program product, and a device for user control of device applications. The method includes detecting user input at a perimeter of the touch detection area and activating one or more determining sensors. The method includes causing seamless transition betwee...