ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,547, issued on June 17, was assigned to BLANCCO TECHNOLOGY GROUP IP OY (Joensuu, Finland).

"Methods and systems for light source diagnostics" was invented by Harshal Dhokate (Maharashtra, India) and Prateek Tomar (Maharashtra, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for use in testing an operational status of a light source for illuminating a scene, comprises using a camera to capture a first image when the light source is disabled, the light source having a fixed spatial relationship relative to the camera, and using the camera to capture a second image when the light source is enabled. The method comprises determining a test ...