US Patent Issued to Amazon Technologies on Feb. 25 for "Light activated access control techniques" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,235,632, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Light activated access control techniques" was invented by Seth R Kaufman (Arlington, Mass.), Arnav Kavadia (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Nathaniel William Hixon (Framingham, Mass.) and Monish Narendra Kapadia (Framingham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for performing automated device activation and managing access to a workspace are described herein. While operating in an activated state, a user device (e.g., a wearable device) may be configured to modify movements of various mobile components (e.g., mobile drive units, robotic arms, etc.) of the wo...