ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,328,513, issued on June 10, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Coded aperture imaging system and method" was invented by Francesco Paolo D'Aleo (Samstagern, Switzerland), Markus Rossi (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Jens Geiger (Thalwil, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system includes a spatial encoding arrangement for generating spatially encoded light with an initial spatial distribution; a coded aperture defining a mask pattern based on the initial spatial distribution of the spatially encoded light; and-an image sensor. The spatial encoding arrangement-directs the spatially encoded light...