ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,471, issued on Dec. 16.

"Laser ranging apparatus, rangefinder, and ranging method" was invented by Long Luo (Guangdong, China), Zhi Chou (Guangdong, China) and Jun Zhu (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application provides a laser ranging apparatus, a rangefinder and a ranging method. The apparatus includes a processor, a first pulse generator, a second pulse generator, a mixer, and a laser transceiver module; the processor controls the first pulse generator to output a first pulse signal and controls the second pulse generator to output a second pulse signal; the mixer is configured to combine the first and secon...