US Patent Issued to STMicroelectronics on May 20 for "Enhanced cooker hood with sensors for remote temperature measurement and presence detection" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,046, issued on May 20, was assigned to STMicroelectronics S.r.l. (Agrate Brianza, Italy).

"Enhanced cooker hood with sensors for remote temperature measurement and presence detection" was invented by Giuseppe Bruno (Paterno, Italy), Antonella La Malfa (Trecastagni, Italy), Enrico Rosario Alessi (Catania, Italy) and Fabio Passaniti (Syracuse, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device including a sensor is disclosed. In one embodiment, the sensor includes a thermal infrared sensor or a sensor based on CMOS-SOI-MEMS technology (also referred to as "TMOS"). The sensor is capable of performing at least two functions at the same time. ...