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Alarmo’s Hardware UI Patent

Another Alarmo patent has been published by EPO. This one focuses on the hardware design of light sensor, light emitter, and the control dial. I found the dial design rather nifty. Worth a read if you’re a hardware geek.

Drawing from patent EP4687012A1: FIG. 3 is a front view of the stationary device.
Drawing from patent EP 4687012 A1: FIG. 8 is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an operation assembly, taken along the same cross section as FIG. 2.
Drawing from patent EP 4687012 A1: FIG. 9 is an exploded perspective view of the operation assembly.
Drawing from patent EP4687012A1: FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the stationary device as viewed from the right.

[Originally posted on 2026-02-05 Pacific Time]