ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,387,587, issued on Aug. 12.
"Control monitoring using wireless tracking devices" was invented by Hendrik J. Volkerink (Palo Alto, Calif.), Ajay Khoche (West San Jose, Calif.), Taylor Albert Gregoire-Wright (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Aaron Storrs (San Jose, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A wireless tracking device and methods detect movement of a control of equipment, determines a setting of the equipment based on a sensed position of the control, and generates an alert when the control is moved unexpectedly. The wireless tracking device may include an adhesive surface that, in use, adheres the tracking device to the equipment, a sens...