ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,550,244, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Tridonic GmbH & Co KG (Dornbirn, Austria).

"System comprising a luminaire and a camera module" was invented by Eduardo Pereira (Siebnen, Switzerland) and Waldemar Becker (Dornbirn, Austria).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a system comprising a luminaire and a camera module. The luminaire and the camera module each comprise an interface for mechanically and electrically connecting the camera module and the luminaire with each other. The luminaire is configured to electrically supply the camera module with electrical energy via the interface of the luminaire and the i...