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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 03, 2001
Brian Amento, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
William Colyer Hill, Montville, NJ (US);
Loren Gilbert Terveen, Warren, NJ (US);
Brian Amento, Morris Plains, NJ (US);
William Colyer Hill, Montville, NJ (US);
Loren Gilbert Terveen, Warren, NJ (US);
AT&T Corp., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Bioacoustic sensors and wireless technologies are used for the control of electronic devices, such as a wireless telephones, pagers, music/media players or personal, laptops and personal digital assistant devices (PDA). 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.