US Patent Issued to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS on June 23 for "Device, method and system for blocking unauthorized image acquisition using infrared lights and variable transmissivity screens" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,666,157, issued on June 23, was assigned to MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS INC. (Chicago).

"Device, method and system for blocking unauthorized image acquisition using infrared lights and variable transmissivity screens" was invented by Melanie King (Tampa, Fla.), Kaveh Malakuti (Savannah, Ga.) and Hok Man Herman Lo (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device receives calibration images acquired by an image sensor in the presence of infrared light emitted by an infrared light source and/or in the presence of a variable transmissivity screen between the image sensor and items behind the variable transmissivity screen. The com...