ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,642, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Touchless sensor systems and methods" was invented by Jamie J. Childress (Mercer Island, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor system is configured to control one or more operational functions of one or more components. The sensor system includes one or more protuberances, a first channel defined by the one or more protuberances, a second channel defined by the one or more protuberances, and one or more sensing devices configured to detect one or more actions of an object in relation to one or more of the one or more protuberances, the first channel, or t...