US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics International on May 13 for "Low power lift-up gesture detection with shake rejection" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,214, issued on May 13, was assigned to STMicroelectronics International N.V. (Geneva).

"Low power lift-up gesture detection with shake rejection" was invented by Stefano Paolo Rivolta (Desio, Italy), Federico Rizzardini (Settimo Milanese, Italy) and Lorenzo Bracco (Chivasso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to lift-up gesture detection for electronic devices. An initial lift-up gesture is detected in response to an orientation change and a lift-up motion of the device being detected. The initial lift-up gesture is validated as a true lift-up gesture in a case where a shaking motion of the device...