ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,653, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Transportation IP Holdings LLC (Norwalk, Conn.).
"Touchless control system" was invented by Karl J. Kobel (Wildwood, Ill.) and Benjamin R. Satkiewicz (Evanston, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A control system includes a sensor system that may detect entry of a person into a detection curtain in front of a door, and a controller that may receive a first signal from the sensor system indicating the entry of the person into the detection curtain. The controller may determine a state of the door and generate a second signal responsive to receiving the first signal and while the state of the d...