ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,924, issued on May 26, was assigned to WARNER BROS. ENTERTAINMENT INC. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Gesture recognition device with minimal wand form factor" was invented by Nathan Nocon (Valencia, Calif.), Jonathan Hsu (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Michael Goslin (Sherman Oaks, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a gesture-recognition (GR) device that includes a printed circuit board (PCB) and a controller. The circuit board has an aspect ratio exceeding a threshold value that corresponds to at least a 70 percent difference between length and width of the PCB. The PCB includes a first unit and a second unit. The first unit correspon...