US Patent Issued to Kibeam Learning on May 20 for "Determining tap locations on a handheld electronic device based on inertial measurements" (California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,025, issued on May 20, was assigned to Kibeam Learning Inc. (Oakland, Calif.).

"Determining tap locations on a handheld electronic device based on inertial measurements" was invented by Nelson George Publicover (Bellingham, Wash.), Alexander Paul Barangan (Felton, Calif.), Lewis James Marggraff (Lafayette, Calif.) and Marc Michael Thomas (Mokelumne Hill, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are described in which the location of a tap on the body of a handheld device is determined in real time using data streams from an embedded inertial measurement unit (IMU). Taps may be generated by striking the handheld devic...