ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,461,229, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Occupant detection device" was invented by Rhodes B. Baker (Allentown, Pa.), Craig Alan Casey (Coopersburg, Pa.), Shilpa Sarode (Allentown, Pa.) and James P. Steiner (Royersford, Pa.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An occupant detection device may be configured to detect an occupant in a space where the occupant detection device is installed. The occupant detection device may include an occupant detection circuit that is configured to determine locations of one or more occupants in the space. The occupant detection device may also include a low-power ...