ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,259,097, issued on March 25, was assigned to Infinity X1 LLC (San Diego).

"Adaptive flashlight control module" was invented by Dennis Bertken (San Diego), Austin M. Fox (Bend, Ore.), Orlando A. Crespo (San Diego) and William D. Parsons (Monument, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A portable lighting device control module configured to adjust lighting operations of a portable lighting device. In some examples, the control module may interpret real-time user gestures and external conditions of the portable lighting device to modifying lighting operations. The control module installed within a portable lighting device may be configured ...