US Patent Issued to American Technology Components on Feb. 24 for "Lighting control system and methods of use" (Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,654, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to American Technology Components Inc. (Elkhart, Ind.).

"Lighting control system and methods of use" was invented by William Ridgway Lang Jr. (Granger, Ind.) and Terran Michael Havlish (Elkhart, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lighting control system includes a driver, a sensor, and a microcontroller connected to the sensor and the driver. The driver selectively illuminates and/or turns off one or more lamps under specified conditions. The sensor detects light levels. The microcontroller is programmable to read the light levels detected by the sensor, determine if one or more of the specifie...