ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,356,089, issued on July 8, was assigned to Fris Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Sensing and processing unit generating a trigger signal upon occurrence of specified conditions" was invented by Charbel Rizk (Raleigh, N.C.), Chad Thomas Howard (Rosedale, Md.) and Gaston Vilches (Buenos Aires, Argentina).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing and processing electronic circuit includes a sensing array having a plurality of sensing elements each having a sensor configured to produce an output signal in response to detection of an environmental parameter. The circuit includes a triggering unit configured to generate a trigger signal that causes an ac...