US Patent Issued to Schneider Electric Buildings Americas on June 2 for "Orientation autodetection based on motion sensors" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,392, issued on June 2, was assigned to Schneider Electric Buildings Americas Inc. (Carrollton, Texas).

"Orientation autodetection based on motion sensors" was invented by Isam Gharib (Montreal) and Jean-Pierre Collin (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for detecting device orientation use two motion sensors arranged perpendicularly to one another require, one horizontal (landscape) and one vertical (portrait), to automatically detect orientation of an electronic device. The motion sensors operate mainly to detect and notify the device of any motion in proximity to the device, but the perpendicular positioning ...