US Patent Issued to UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE on Dec. 9 for "User interface with optical detection device" (French Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,108, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to UNIVERSITE D'AIX MARSEILLE (Marseilles, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"User interface with optical detection device" was invented by Stephane Viollet (Marseilles, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A user interface, which includes a device for optically detecting the presence and position of an object in a detection zone, includes a lighting means for illuminating the detection zone. A linear detection strip is oriented toward the detection zone. The linear detection strip includes a row of photosensors that are configured to measure the light intensity of t...