US Patent Issued to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY on April 8 for "Scanning motion average radiant temperature sensor applications" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,270,708, issued on April 8, was assigned to THE TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY (Princeton, N.J.).

"Scanning motion average radiant temperature sensor applications" was invented by Forrest Meggers (Princeton, N.J.), Nicholas Houchois (Princeton, N.J.) and Eric Teitelbaum (Princeton, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are a spherical-motion average radiant temperature sensor (SMART Sensor) system which can be used in various applications, including but not limited to, informing or controlling HVAC systems in buildings, locating and tracking people or objects, and detecting the release of gases. The system may optionally...