US Patent Issued to Smart Home Protection on Dec. 2 for "Security flashlights with threat detection" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,974, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Smart Home Protection LLC (San Diego).

"Security flashlights with threat detection" was invented by Jeromy Stallings (San Diego), David Szekeres (San Diego) and Robert Ira Hayes (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable flashlight configured to communicate via a wireless network, and associated systems and methods are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the rechargeable flashlight includes a light emitter configured to generate light outputted by the flashlight and an imaging device configured to capture environmental data from an area exposed to the output light. The flashlight...