ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,407, issued on March 4.
"Method and apparatus for social distancing alarm systems" was invented by Howard Levin (Austin, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method, and apparatus are provided to facilitate social distancing. The system issues alarms based on the distance between a user and an object and one or more variable social distancing thresholds. The system enables trade-offs between risk and a desire to have in-person interaction for different activities by using one or more variable social distancing thresholds that may be based on social distancing guidelines and various characteristics."
The patent was filed on...