ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,992, issued on June 16, was assigned to INVENTIO AG (Hergiswil, Switzerland).

"Automatically controlled door assembly as an elevator level door of an elevator system" was invented by Donato Carparelli (Lugano, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An automatically controlled door arrangement, such as a floor door of an elevator installation, includes: at least one door leaf actively moveable between an open position and a closed position; a drive moving the door leaf between the open and closed positions; a controller controlling the drive; a sensor system detecting people or objects in front of the door leaf; and a data connect...