ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,417,670, issued on Sept. 16.
"Touchless computer interfaces" was invented by Christina Lynn Lemons (Chandler, Ariz.) and Matthew Craig Spencer (Chandler, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application is directed to touchless interfaces. Some embodiments disclosed are directed to plug and play replacements for casino gaming machine touch-based interfaces on, e.g., slot machines. Existing slot machine interfaces can be replaced with touchless interfaces of the inventive subject matter to enable touchless interaction with gaming machines. This allows people in casinos to minimize contact with gaming machines to stymy the spread of ...