ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,503, issued on July 15, was assigned to Building Robotics Inc. (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Light fixture of building automation system" was invented by William Kerry Keal (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is described a building automation system comprising a mobile tag, sensor devices, and a sensor hub. The mobile tag transmits a broadcast beacon based on RF technology. The sensor devices are co-located with light fixtures and include antennas for receiving a broadcast beacon. The sensor devices generate signals associated with the broadcast beacon received by the antennas. The sensor hub receives the signals from e...