ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,513,803, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Itron Inc. (Liberty Lake, Wash.).
"Directional streetlight control" was invented by James Lee Kann (Mica, Wash.) and Mark K. Cornwall (Spokane, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for adjusting light direction and light intensity from streetlights in an environment. For example, a streetlight may include an adjustable light source that can be configured to cast light based on its specific installation environment, taking into account height (e.g., a height of a pole coupled with the streetlight relative to a surface of the environment), an angle in which the streetlight is coupled t...