ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,405,514, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to DISH Network Technologies India Private Ltd. (Bengaluru, India).

"Automated privacy shutter control systems and methods" was invented by Vikram Balaraja Shetty (Bengaluru, India), Praveen Kumar G (Mangalore, India) and Visali Manoharan (Vangaram, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various arrangements are presented that involve an automated shutter control system being used with a separate and distinct video camera. The automated shutter control system can include a shutter, a shutter motor, power sensing circuitry that measures an amount of power being supplied to the electronic display, and...