ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,722, issued on May 27, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Occupant detection device" was invented by James P. Steiner (Royersford, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant detection device (e.g., sensor) may include an occupant detection circuit (e.g., a radar occupant detection circuit) and a control circuit. The occupant detection circuit may determine the location of an occupant in a space with reference to a global coordinate associated with the detection circuit and the control circuit may transform the location of the occupant into a local coordinate system associated with a region of interest ...