ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,602,972, issued on April 14, was assigned to PicClick Inc (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
"Decoy package alarm for theft deterrence" was invented by Ryan Sit (Rancho Santa Fe, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A decoy package that outwardly resembles a delivered parcel includes one or more internal motion sensors, a controller, and an audible alarm. When armed, the controller classifies sensed motion using multi-sensor fusion to distinguish incidental disturbances from removal attempts and, in response, actuates the audible alarm to emit a high-volume alert (90-105 dBA) after a short delay (0.5-3 seconds) to obscure the source. Embodimen...