US Patent Issued on Nov. 11 for "Computer vision-based system for controlling a garage door" (Washington, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,294, issued on Nov. 11.

"Computer vision-based system for controlling a garage door" was invented by Chao Zhang (Kenmore, Wash.), Zhongwei Cheng (Redmond, Wash.), J Steven Skeoch (Palos Verdes Estates, Calif.), Lin Chen (Seattle) and Hongfei Ning (Bothell, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method performed by an image capture device. The method includes determining whether to send a notification or determining whether to open a door based at least in part on at least one image captured by the image capture device."

The patent was filed on Oct. 27, 2021, under Application No. 17/512,412.

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