ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,455, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Fall detection system for fall detection of a person, method for fall detection of a person and a computer program product for fall detection of a person" was invented by Peter Deixler (Arlington, Mass.) and Alexander Henricus Waltherus Van Eeuwijk (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fall detection system for performing a fall detection of a person (30) is provided and comprises at least one motion and/or presence detector (1) to detect a motion or a presence of a person (30). The at least one motion and/or presence detector (1)...