US Patent Issued to Bridger Photonics on Aug. 5 for "High-sensitivity gas-mapping 3D imager and method of operation" (Montana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,210, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Bridger Photonics Inc. (Bozeman, Mont.).

"High-sensitivity gas-mapping 3D imager and method of operation" was invented by Aaron Kreitinger (Bozeman, Mont.) and Michael James Thorpe (Bozeman, Mont.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Measurement apparatuses and methods are disclosed for generating high-precision and-accuracy gas concentration maps that can be overlaid with 3D topographic images by rapidly scanning one or several modulated laser beams with a spatially-encoded transmitter over a scene to build-up imagery. Independent measurements of the topographic target distance and path-integrated gas...