ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,967, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to ROBE lighting s.r.o. (Roznov pod Radhostem, Czech Republic).

"Luminaire safety system" was invented by Jindrich Vavrik (Zubri, Czech Republic), Michal Stanek (Valasske Mezirici, Czech Republic) and Josef Valchar (Prostredni Becva, Czech Republic).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A luminaire includes a light engine control system and a light effect control system. The light engine control system includes a power delivery and measurement (PD&M) module, a light engine power control (LEPC) module, and a light engine. The light effect control system includes a motor driver module, a position monitor ...