ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,646, issued on March 25, was assigned to SimpliSafe Inc. (Boston).

"Battery-powered image capture devices" was invented by Norbert G. Gravelle (Ashland, Mass.), Aditya P. Goswami (Acton, Mass.), John Sevinsky (Shrewsbury, Mass.), Qichao Shao (Jamaica Plain, Mass.) and Kevin Klemm (Waltham, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method is provided. The method includes causing, by a controller of a device, at least one processor of the device distinct from the controller to power on in response to receipt of a signal from a sensor of the device configured to detect motion within a field of view; analyzing, by the at least one processo...