US Patent Issued to Quinnipiac University on Nov. 18 for "Face-tracking and gesture recognition for hands-free computer control" (Connecticut Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,783, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Quinnipiac University (Hamden, Conn.).

"Face-tracking and gesture recognition for hands-free computer control" was invented by Chetan Jaiswal (Hamden, Conn.), Michael Ruocco (Hamden, Conn.), Jack Duggan (Hamden, Conn.), Brian O'Neill (Hamden, Conn.) and Karen Majeski (Hamden, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are systems and software to empower users with limited mobility hands-free interaction with a computer system. This hands-free interaction is achieved through the combined use of facial tracking and gesture recognition technologies, to enable precise and intuitive mouse control...