ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,207, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to Florida Power & Light Co. (Juno Beach, Fla.).
"Immersive interactive energy assessment" was invented by Kara Fuller (Hobe Sound, Fla.), Quazi Caesar (Miami), Lawrence Oks (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) and Jose Medina (Tequesta, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method and system to combine virtual reality techniques with a consumer's real-world space to identify ways to reduce energy consumption and reduce their attendant carbon footprint through an immersive energy assessment. An object is identified that is related to the consumption of energy in the consumer's real-world space,...