ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,628,257, issued on May 12, was assigned to Chengli Li (Suzhou, China).
"Light dimmer for smart homes" was invented by Ke Ma (Suzhou, China).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light dimmer for smart homes includes a proximity switch for sensing whether a person is approaching a target area, and outputting sensing information in response to the sensing result; a controller connected to the proximity switch for generating a first control signal based on the sensing information; a display coupled to the controller, for generating a display based on the first control signal; a light dimming unit coupled to the controller, for adjusting the bright...