ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,902, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Environment classification based on light assessment" was invented by Arun Srivatsan Rangaprasad (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Anselm Grundhoefer (Campbell, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various implementations disclosed herein include devices, systems, and methods that determine a type of environment based on light assessment. For example, an example process may include obtaining a first set of light data from a first sensor (e.g., a multiwavelength ambient light sensor) in a physical environment that includes a light source. The first set of light data may i...