ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,131, issued on July 15.
"Power management system for dispensers" was invented by Charles Agnew Osborne Jr. (Cumming, Ga.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A power management system for a dispenser that includes a passive infrared radiation sensor arranged along the dispenser and configured to detect infrared radiation emitted by one or more users within a prescribed detection range, area, or zone of the dispenser. When the passive infrared radiation sensor does not capture infrared radiation within the prescribed detection range, area, or zone, the dispenser is placed in a low power state with the passive infrared sensor remaining conne...