US Patent Issued to Lutron Technology on March 24 for "Privacy mode for a wireless audio device" (Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,587,836, issued on March 24, was assigned to Lutron Technology Co. LLC (Coopersburg, Pa.).

"Privacy mode for a wireless audio device" was invented by Rhodes B. Baker (Allentown, Pa.), Jeffrey Karc (Danielsville, Pa.), Galen E. Knode (Macungie, Pa.), Robert C. Newman Jr. (Emmaus, Pa.) and John B. Nill (North Wales, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Devices that record data from a space, such as audio or video devices having microphones and/or cameras, may have a privacy mode which allows a user to temporarily prevent the device from recoding audio or video of the space. The privacy mode may be a privacy cover, button, airgap, or other m...