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Meta patents system to guide users in making muscle-based gestures

Patent drawing from the official filing.

Meta has filed a patent for a system that teaches users how to activate specific muscle groups to create gestures. It uses biopotential sensors to detect when a user performs a movement correctly and provides visual feedback to help them learn the motion.

Why it mattersThis could make it easier for people to control devices using subtle muscle movements rather than just hand gestures.

In the filing’s own words

System and method for guiding a user in activating biological motor units (MUs) are disclosed. A method includes presenting instructions for performing a movement associated with activation of MUs, and graphical elements associated with the activation of the MUs. The method includes, in response to detecting an activation of the MUs, determining, based on biopotential sensor data captured during performance of the movement an additional movement to be performed by the user and a change to the graphical elements. The method includes presenting additional instructions for performing the additional movement, and the change to the graphical elements. The method includes, in response to detecting an additional activation of the MUs, in accordance with a determination that additional biopotential sensor data captured during performance of the additional movement satisfies a threshold, associating the additional biopotential sensor data with biopotential-based gestures, and presenting an additional change to the graphical elements.

What exactly they claim (claim 1)

1. (canceled)

Facts

Company: Meta (Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC)
Official title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GUIDING USERS TO PERFORM DETECTABLE BIOPOTENTIAL-BASED GESTURES TIED TO SPECIFIC MOTOR UNITS, AND ACTIONABLE FEEDBACK ASSOCIATED THEREWITH
Publication number: US20260299703A1
Application number: 19568734
Filed: Mar 16, 2026
Published: Oct 1, 2026
Inventors: 4
Claims: 21

Classified under

G06F 3/017 Physics & computingG06F 3/015 Physics & computingG06F 3/0346 Physics & computingG09B 19/003 Physics & computing

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