US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on Aug. 12 for "Configuration of a visible light sensor to control an electrical load in response to detection of an environmental characteristic" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,389,512, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Configuration of a visible light sensor to control an electrical load in response to detection of an environmental characteristic" was invented by Craig Alan Casey (Coopersburg, Pa.) and James P. Steiner (Royersford, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A visible light sensor may be configured to sense environmental characteristics of a space using an image of the space. The visible light sensor may be controlled in one or more modes, including a daylight glare sensor mode, a daylighting sensor mode, a color sensor mode, and/or an occupancy/vacancy s...