US Patent Issued to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) on July 28 for "Systems and methods for detecting physical presence while providing privacy" (New York, North Carolina, Texas, Florida, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,694,777, issued on July 28, was assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA) (San Antonio).

"Systems and methods for detecting physical presence while providing privacy" was invented by William Preston Culbertson II (Plant City, Fla.), Gregory David Hansen (Fuquay Varina, N.C.), Mark Anthony Lopez (Helotes, Texas), Will Kerns Maney (New York City, N.Y.), Keegan Patrick Hayes (Whitestown, Ind.) and Steven Michael Bernstein (San Antonio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A bathroom object monitoring device includes a non-intrusive sensor configured to preserve privacy by capturing sensor data corresponding to an activity performed...