ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,644,985, issued on June 2, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"System and techniques for improving in-room person detection" was invented by Barak Baum (Herzliya, Israel), Yoav Feinmesser (Herzliya, Israel) and Naftali Sommer (Herzliya, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A technique for determining a presence of a person in a room may include an electronic device transmitting an electromagnetic wireless signal of a first sensor. The technique may include receiving an electromagnetic return signal from the electromagnetic wireless signal. The technique may include detecting a potential target in the room based on the electr...