US Patent Issued to Magna Electronics on June 17 for "Selectable gesture detection system and methods" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,082, issued on June 17, was assigned to Magna Electronics Inc. (Auburn Hills, Mich.).

"Selectable gesture detection system and methods" was invented by Allan Corner (Aurora, Canada), Cuong Tran (Mississauga, Canada) and Earnest Lock (Markham, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system for a closure panel of a vehicle and corresponding method of operation are provided. The system includes a detection module including a sensor subassembly for detecting an object in a detection zone and sensing a motion and characteristics of the object and outputting a corresponding sensor signal. The system also includes a gesture select...