ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,740, issued on March 24, was assigned to Getac Technology Corp. (New Taipei City, Taiwan).

"Sensor device and operating method thereof" was invented by Cheng-Liang Huang (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device and an operating method thereof are provided. The sensor device includes a microcontroller and a sensor module. The microcontroller performs the operating method. Firstly, the sensor device enters a configuration mode after being activated. The sensor device enters a detection mode after a timeout period. The sensor device is on standby for detecting if any event occurs under the detection mode. When any...