ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,704,017, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC (Oak Brook, Ill.).
"Movable barrier operator with integrated camera module" was invented by Matthew James Baer (Forest Park, Ill.), Jimmy Bedolla (Munster, Ind.), Matthew Peter Crane (Elmhurst, Ill.), Corey Lyn Herrboldt (Plainfield, Ill.) and Sapta Gireesh Pudipeddi (Mysuru, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, a movable barrier operator includes a housing and a motor. The movable barrier operator further includes a camera mount that is connected to the housing and that supports a camera. The camera mount is configured to facilitate movement of the came...