ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,299,204, issued on May 13, was assigned to Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (Burbank, Calif.).

"Managing states of a gesture recognition device and an interactive casing" was invented by Nathan Nocon (Valencia, Calif.), Michael Goslin (Sherman Oaks, Calif.) and Jonathan Hsu (Yorba Linda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a system that includes an interactive casing and a GR device. The interactive casing receives a first signal based on activation of a masked electrical switch by release of a magnetic assertion when a lid member of an interactive casing is disengaged from a base member of the interactive casing. A first sy...