ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,345, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Universal Electronics Inc. (Scottsdale, Ariz.).
"Automatic garage door control" was invented by Michael Archbold (San Marcos, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus and system is disclosed for automatically opening and closing a garage door without user intervention. A vehicle-mounted mobile transmitter autonomously and continuously transmits a repeating signal pattern when power is applied to the transmitter as a vehicle is started by a user. A movable barrier gateway device receives the signals from the mobile transmitter and compares an identification code contained in eac...