ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,802, issued on June 10, was assigned to ROBE lighting s.r.o. (Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic).
"Range sensing and safety system for a luminaire" was invented by Michal Stanek (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic), Jan Vilem (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic), Tomas David (Podoli, Czech Republic), Jindrich Vavrik (Zubri, Czech Republic) and Josef Valchar (Prostredni Becva, Czech Republic).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automated luminaire and method are provided. The automated luminaire includes a range sensing module and a control system. The range sensing module calculates a distance to a closest object in a direction that th...