US Patent Issued on Sept. 9 for "System, a detection system for detecting a foreign object on a runway and a method of the system" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,294, issued on Sept. 9.

"System, a detection system for detecting a foreign object on a runway and a method of the system" was invented by Rong-Jie David Chew (Singapore) and Rong-Qi Phoebe Chew (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a system for detecting a foreign object on a runway. The system includes a thermal camera having a first field of view and adapted to capture a thermal image of an area of interest on the runway, a visible light camera having a second field of view and adapted to capture a visible light image of the area of interest on the runway, such that the first field of view ove...