ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,213, issued on May 13.
"Activating a handheld device with universal pointing and interacting device" was invented by Eyal Shlomot (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention describes a universal pointing and interacting (UPI) device that is configured to interact with a handheld device such as a smartphone or a tablet. The interaction means activating the screen of the handheld device based on the relative spatial relations between the UPI device and the handheld device. In addition, the interaction means activating other elements, such as audio playing, vibration motors and others, on either the handheld devic...