ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,977, issued on Dec. 30.

"Contactless interactive peripheral interface" was invented by James Christopher Malin (Temecula, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods relating to a contactless peripheral interface, including a method comprising: receiving a selection of a peripheral interface from a host computing device, wherein the selection corresponds to one of plurality of peripheral interfaces, generating, by an image system, a floating image based on the selected peripheral interface, sensing, by a sensor assembly, a position of a user interaction with the floating image of the peripheral interface, mapping, by a ...