ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,752,827, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to International Electronic Machines Corp. (Troy, N.Y.).
"Intrusion detection" was invented by Bruce McKenney (Selkirk, N.Y.), Marc R. Pearlman (Clifton Park, N.Y.), Joshua Johnson (Troy, N.Y.), Anuj R. Nadig (Falmouth, Mass.) and Zahid F. Mian (Loudonville, N.Y.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solution for detecting and alerting to intrusions or obstacles in an area. One or more sensing devices can be used in combination with computer processing capabilities to monitor an area for intrusions or obstacles. An illustrative area is part of a railyard or railroad track, which can be monitored for intr...