This Amazon patent lists Jeff Bezos as an inventor and is directed towards movement recognition as input mechanism. Mr. Bezos was awarded U.S. Patent 8788977 entitled “Movement recognition as input mechanism” on July 22, 2014. The utility patent has been cited 17 times by other U.S. patents in the field of computer technology and in other fields.

The detection of relative motion or orientation between a user and a computing device can be used to control aspects of the device. For example, the computing device can include an imaging element and software for locating positions, shapes, separations, and/or other aspects of a user’s facial features relative to the device, such that an orientation of the device relative to the user can be determined. A user then can provide input to the device by performing actions such as tilting the device, moving the user’s head, making a facial expression, or otherwise altering an orientation of at least one aspect of the user with respect to the device. Such an approach can be used in addition to, or as an alternative to, conventional input devices such as keypads and touch screens. Link: U.S. Patent 8788977

Amazon filed this utility patent on December 10, 2008 giving it a processing time of 2050 days (compared to an average processing time of 1698 in the field). They have a total number of 6869 patents. The first named inventor is Jeffrey P. Bezos of Seattle, WA. The patent was allowed by primary examiner Matt Kim and assistant examiner William Trapanese.

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