ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,501,132, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to SAGEMCOM BROADBAND SAS (Bois-Colombes, France).

"Set-top box with an integrated optical sensor and system comprising such a set-top box" was invented by Hugo Chusseau (Bois-Colombes, France), Radu Nedelcu (Bois-Colombes, France) and Stephane Delplace (Bois-Colombes, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A set-top box comprising a housing includes a first main face, a second main face, at least one lateral flank connecting the first lateral face to the second lateral face. The set-top box includes at least one optical sensor the field of vision of which is centred around a given line of vision, ...