ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,784, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Trimedika Ltd. (Belfast, Great Britain).

"Systems and methods for measuring temperatures of individuals" was invented by Roisin Molloy (Belfast, Great Britain) and Gerry Cairns (Belfast, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for operating a thermometer. The methods comprise: generating first sensor data by at least one first sensor of the thermometer; analyzing, by a processor of the thermometer, the first sensor data to obtain a distance value specifying a distance between the thermometer and a surface of a body of a target individual at which the thermometer is poin...