ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,684,058, issued on July 14, was assigned to United Arab Emirates University (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

"Apparatus for controlling a mobile device" was invented by Fady Alnajjar (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates), Sara Almarzooqi (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates) and Fatima Ali Abdulla Albaity (Al Ain, United Arab Emirates).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus 10 for controlling a mobile device 12 includes a mounting base 14 for securely attaching a mobile device 12, a sensing system 18 with a camara 20 for capturing user gestures and a microphone 22 for monitoring user commands and device audio. A carriage assembly 24 incorporates a ...