US Patent Issued to B/E AEROSPACE on Oct. 14 for "Sensor combination for ultraviolet light system occupancy detection" (Wisconsin Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,689, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to B/E AEROSPACE INC. (Winston Salem, N.C.).

"Sensor combination for ultraviolet light system occupancy detection" was invented by John D Edquist (Milwaukee).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of determining occupancy of an area is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a first signal from an occupancy sensor, the first signal indicating a distance to a surface and an infrared signature of the area, determining a first infrared signature of the area based on the first signal from the occupancy sensor, receiving a second signal from the occupancy sensor, the second signal indicating th...