ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,112, issued on March 24, was assigned to Ambarella International LP (Santa Clara, Calif.).

"Auto-adapting pest deterrent system using artificial intelligence" was invented by Robert Dale Bloomquist Jr. (Brighton, Mich.) and Udit Budhia (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus comprising an interface and a processor. The interface may be configured to receive sensor data from a plurality of sensors. The processor may be configured to detect an intruder in response to an analysis of the sensor data, activate an AI model in response to detecting the intruder and generate a countermeasure signal in response to a cou...