US Patent Issued to Universal Electronics on June 30 for "Adjustable dwell time for motion detector based on activity" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,378, issued on June 30, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).

"Adjustable dwell time for motion detector based on activity" was invented by Brandon Gruber (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A motion detector that can automatically adjust a dwell time used by the motion detector to prevent unnecessary transmissions as an activity level of an area increases or decreases. The motion detector determines the activity level in the area and if the activity level is increasing, the dwell time is reduced and vice-versa."

The patent was filed on Nov. 8, 2024, under Application No. 18/941,888.

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