ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,842, issued on May 20.
"Smart flashlight" was invented by Xiaonong Ding (Guangdong Province, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The utility model relates to the technical field of flashlights, in particular to a smart flashlight. The smart flashlight comprises a body component, a light head component, a light tail component and a battery component, and further comprises a PCB control board, and the PCB control board is provided with a gyro sensor and an acceleration sensor, enabling the PCB control board to automatically control a light intensity or power-off stop status of the flashlight based on detection information fed back by ...