US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2), STMicroelectronics (Rousset) on Sept. 23 for "Dimmable light control system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,954, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to STMicroelectronics (Grenoble 2) SAS (Grenoble, France) and STMicroelectronics (Rousset) SAS (Rousset, France).

"Dimmable light control system" was invented by Gwenael Maillet (Grenoble, France), Jean-Louis Labyre (Sassenage, France) and Gilles Bas (Beauvoisin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Control over the operation of a dimmable light is supported by an interface circuit between the dimmable light and a near-field radio frequency communication controller. The interface circuit includes a first circuit that receives at least one control set point through a near-field radio frequency c...