ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,448, issued on March 25, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Low power sensor with energy harvesting" was invented by Armin Wellig (Mont-sur-Rolle, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor assembly includes a housing, a sensor, and a transmitter. A power supply is configured to power the sensor assembly. A light harvesting element is configured to convert incident light into electrical energy for replenishing the power stored by the power supply. A controller activates and deactivates the sensor in accordance with a first activation schedule. The controller monitors a power reserve parameter o...