US Patent Issued to BEA on March 11 for "Infrared curtain systems and methods" (Belgian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,433, issued on March 11, was assigned to BEA Inc. (Pittsburgh).

"Infrared curtain systems and methods" was invented by Emmanuel Eubelen (Dalhem, Belgium), Joseph M. Mulcahy (Beaver Falls, Pa.), Adrien Van Damme (Dalhem, Belgium), Tom Yantek (Lawrence, Pa.) and Andrew P. Bauer (Coraopolis, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An infrared (IR) sensor for use in a door sensor. The IR sensor may include a plurality of emitters arranged in multiple rows. Each emitter of the plurality of emitters may be configured to emit an emission beam comprising IR light. A plurality of receptors may be arranged in multiple rows. Each receptor of the pl...