ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,466, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to AQRONOS INC. (Broomfield, Colo.).

"Signal level of captured targets" was invented by Hao Liu (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A laser source generates an optical signal. A splitter splits the optical signal into a first signal and a second signal. A first modulator modulates the first signal. A second modulator modulates the second signal. A scanner scans the first signal following the modulation by the first modulator. A coupler combines the modulated second signal and the modulated first signal following the scanning of the first signal. A detector detect an attribute correspond...