ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,614, issued on May 13, was assigned to Manufacturing Resources International Inc. (Alpharetta, Ga.).

"Display unit with monitoring features" was invented by William Dunn (Alpharetta, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Digital signage unit, such as for digital out of home advertising, with monitoring features are provided. The digital signage unit include an electronic display, a shock sensor, and a controller which receives data from the shock sensor and determines, on an ongoing basis, an operating status of the digital signage unit based, at least in part, the data from the shock sensor."

The patent was filed on Aug. 6, 2024, unde...