ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,320,713, issued on June 3, was assigned to PIXART IMAGING INC. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Temperature detecting apparatus" was invented by Han-Lin Chiang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Shih-Feng Chen (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Ning Shyu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A temperature detecting apparatus is provided. The temperature detecting apparatus includes a movable carrier and a thermal sensor. The movable carrier includes a control module, and is movable in a working place according to a designated command. The thermal sensor is assembled to the movable carrier and is electrically coupled to the control module. When the movable carrier is...