US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on March 24 for "Clock device with automatic simulation of sunrise or sunset" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,585,227, issued on March 24, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Clock device with automatic simulation of sunrise or sunset" was invented by Erica Patton (Reading, Pa.) and Daniel Raneri (Orefield, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A clock comprises an alarm clock housing having a front face, a clock display occupying at least a portion of the front face, a control on the housing for activating a shade positioning function, and a processor within the housing. The processor is responsive to the control for generating at least one shade positioning command to be transmitted to at least one motorized window sha...