US Patent Issued to Sony Semiconductor Solutions on Nov. 4 for "Detection processing that detects a number of contacts between fingertips of a hand" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,599, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Detection processing that detects a number of contacts between fingertips of a hand" was invented by Shogo Takanashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection processing device according to the present technology includes a detection processing unit that inputs shape detection information that is information obtained by capturing a shape of a hand of a user in at least two or more dimensions, and detects a motion of the hand including at least presence or absence of contact between fingertips of the user on the basis of the shape dete...