ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,429,597, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to Analog Devices International UnLtd. Co. (Limerick, Ireland).

"Light source system" was invented by David Neil (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Jonathan Ephraim David Hurwitz (Edinburgh, Great Britain) and George Redfield Spalding Jr. (Edinburgh, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a light source system suitable for use in a time of flight camera. The light source system includes a light source, such as a laser, and a driver arranged to supply a drive current to the light source to turn the light source on to emit light. The driver includes a capacitor to ...