ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,821, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to INTEGRATED DESIGN Ltd. (Middlesex, Great Britain).
"Anti-climb system" was invented by Derek G. Huff (Middlesex, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection apparatus comprising a body having a longitudinal direction; a Ranging Time-of-Flight (RTOF) sensor positioned to direct a beam generally along at least part of the body of the upper part of the body and angled upwards, and a processor arranged to register objects or persons crossing the beam at greater than a minimum distance from the sensor to detect climbing on the object."
The patent was filed on Sept. 1, 2022, under Applica...