US Patent Issued to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS on March 3 for "Passive infrared sensor occupancy detector, microcontroller and methods of operation" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,566,091, issued on March 3, was assigned to TEXAS INSTRUMENTS Inc. (Dallas).

"Passive infrared sensor occupancy detector, microcontroller and methods of operation" was invented by Maxwell G. Robertson (Dallas) and Miroslav Oljaca (Allen, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for occupancy detection of a space includes a passive infrared (PIR) sensor having a fixed field of view; an infrared reflector positioned proximate to the PIR sensor for re-directing infrared radiation received from within the space toward the PIR sensor; an electromechanical device coupled to the infrared reflector and operative to alter a pointing angle th...