ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,208, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SEEING MACHINES Ltd. (Fyshwick, Australia).
"Infrared light source protective system" was invented by Timothy James Henry Edwards (Kallista, Australia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disclosed monitoring system includes infrared light sources that illuminate a subject in a sequenced manner and a camera that captures images of the subject during periods in which the subject is illuminated by one of the light sources. The system includes a processor that analyzes captured images to determine a brightness measure of the images, and a controller controls output power of the infrared light sources ...