ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,470,043, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM INTERNATIONAL GMBH (Regensburg, Germany).

"Laser source, LIDAR system and method for controlling a laser source" was invented by Hubert Halbritter (Dietfurt-Toeging, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser source may include a laser diode, a modulation device, and a feedback device. The modulation device may include an electric power source and may be suitable for modifying a current intensity applied to the laser diode, which may modify an emission frequency of the laser diode. The feedback device may be suitable for modifying a current intensity applied to the laser diode by ...