ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,126, issued on May 20, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).
"Enclosure detection for reliable optical failsafe" was invented by Michael K. McCord (San Francisco) and Stacy H. Mo (San Francisco).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical component integrity monitoring circuitry monitors an optical component integrity sensing path in an optical component. If a rise in resistance of the sensing path is detected, the circuitry prevents the optical component from emitting light. The optical component may have a light-emitting device that emits light through an optical element. The sensing path may have a first path that is used to d...