ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,487,655, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Coretronic Projection (Kunshan) Corp. (Jiangsu, China).

"Projection apparatus and control method thereof" was invented by Gang Li (Jiangsu, China), Ying Zhang (Jiangsu, China), Wenyan Yu (Jiangsu, China) and Jian Song (Jiangsu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A projection apparatus and a control method thereof are provided. The projection apparatus includes a processor, a sensor, and a projection module. When a command corresponding to a standby mode is received, the processor sets the projection apparatus to a first sub-standby mode. The sensor is enabled to sense whether there is a living ...