ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,268,366, issued on April 8, was assigned to Welch Allyn Inc. (Skaneateles Falls, N.Y.).
"Increasing battery life in handheld device" was invented by David Matthew Babson (Warners, N.Y.), Kenneth V. Coon III (Jordan, N.Y.), James Stuart Ledwith (Syracuse, N.Y.), Jeffrey K. Moat (Ithaca, N.Y.) and David Gregory Perkins (Tully, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods may determine an amount of current being drawn by a light source and determine, based on the amount of current, a type of light source. Based on the type of light source, an amount of time associated with disabling the light source may be determined. A voltage m...