US Patent Issued to STMICROELECTRONICS on April 29 for "System and method for automatic recognition of the gesture of bringing an electronic device to the ear" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,287,922, issued on April 29, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"System and method for automatic recognition of the gesture of bringing an electronic device to the ear" was invented by Federico Rizzardini (Milan) and Lorenzo Bracco (Chivasso, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A recognition system for recognition of a gesture of bringing an electronic device, of a mobile or wearable type, to a user's ear, designed to be integrated in the electronic device and having: a movement sensor, configured to provide a movement signal indicative of the movement of the electronic device; an electrostatic charge vari...