Bioacoustic control system, method and apparatus
Granted 19 Jul 2016 · 6 office actions
Current assignee: AT&T Services · originally AT&T Company
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Inventors: Loren Gilbert Terveen, William Colyer Hill, Brian Amento · Examiner: William Boddie · AU 2625 · TC 2600
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Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal laptops and personal digital assistant (PDA) devices. Such control is implemented with certain systems, methods and apparatus which include bioacoustic sensors, a processor coupled to the bioacoustic sensors, and a transmitter coupled to the processor. The present invention is operative to detect particular hand and/or finger gestures, and to transmit control signals corresponding to the gestures for operative control of an electronic device.
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| Type | Document | Date |
|---|---|---|
| provisional | US 60216207 | 6 Jul 2000 |
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