ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,542, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).
"Audio-based load control system" was invented by Rhodes B. Baker (Allentown, Pa.), Matthew V. Harte (Stewartsville, Pa.), Jeffrey Karc (Danielsville, Pa.), Galen E. Knode (Macungie, Pa.), John B. Nill (North Wales, Pa.) and Jaykrishna A. Shukla (Mays Landing, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A scalable, distributed load control system for home automation based on a network of microphones may include control devices (e.g., load control devices) that may include microphones for monitoring the system and communicating audio data to a cloud server for...