ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,787, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to ULTRAHAPTICS IP TWO Ltd. (Bristol, Great Britain).
"Cursor mode switching" was invented by David S. Holz (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for processing input from an image-capture device for gesture-recognition. The method further includes computationally interpreting user gestures in accordance with a first mode of operation; analyzing the path of movement of an object to determine an intent of a user to change modes of operation; and, upon determining an intent of the user to change modes of operation, subsequently interpreting user gestures in accordance with ...