ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,777,262, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Quantum Corp. (Centennial, Colo.).

"System and method for evaluating the internal state of a media library" was invented by David Berry (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Carl Germany (Colorado Springs, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A state evaluator for use in a media library includes a housing and a first camera that is coupled to the housing. In some embodiments, the state evaluator can also include one or more of a light assembly, an indicator assembly to indicate different conditions associated with the state evaluator, an input assembly, an internal power source, and a power module. The...