ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,450, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Person detection apparatus and method" was invented by Brandon Gruber (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system, method and apparatus for detecting the presence of a person in an area monitored by an electronic person detector that may operate both as a security motion sensor and a home automation occupancy sensor."

The patent was filed on Aug. 4, 2021, under Application No. 17/393,928.

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