US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on June 17 for "Gesture based touchless lavatory waste flap actuation" (Washington Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,330,867, issued on June 17, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Gesture based touchless lavatory waste flap actuation" was invented by Avinash Hasirumane Srikantegowda (Mukilteo, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is disclosed herein. The method includes sending a first signal to a first emitter in an aircraft lavatory to activate the first emitter, the first emitter illuminating an object with infrared light, receiving a second signal from a first sensor in the aircraft lavatory, the second signal providing an indication of motion of the object based on a first reflection from the object, receiving a th...