ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,323,914, issued on June 3, was assigned to ECOLINK INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY INC. (Carlsbad, Calif.).
"Power-saving sensor" was invented by Brandon Gruber (Carlsbad, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor is disabled when it receives a signal from a control unit that the control unit has been placed into one or more particular operating modes. In response to receiving the signal, the sensor becomes disabled, thereby preventing detection and/or transmission of certain signals to the security panel. When the control unit is placed into another mode of operation, the control unit sends a signal to the sensor and, in response, the sensor...