ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,380,700, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to EtherSec Industries Ltd (London).

"Surveillance system" was invented by Adam Wacey (London) and James Bowley (London).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A video surveillance system is disclosed. The system includes: at least one camera to observe a surveillance field and provide resulting video data; at least one beacon comprising at least one light emitting element and a controller providing an actuation sequence to the light emitting element such that it emits a binary signal comprising sequential on/off flashes; and a video analytics system comprising a processor configured to receive video data ca...