Nokia already introduced a hovering gesture in Lumias running the Amber update, where a simple pointing with your finger close to the display wakes it up from the Glance Screen mode, but now it is taking the feature to the next level. It patented two more ways for touchless interaction with its Windows Phone devices, and we wouldn't be surprised to see those hitting Lumias soon...
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Hover-me-digits-Nokia-bringing-touchless-zooming-and-panning-to-Lumias_id47799
Source: http://www.phonearena.com/news/Hover-me-digits-Nokia-bringing-touchless-zooming-and-panning-to-Lumias_id47799