US Patent Issued to GENTEX on Dec. 16 for "Detection system with a single mode laser for a vehicle" (American, Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,499,695, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to GENTEX Corp. (Zeeland, Mich.).

"Detection system with a single mode laser for a vehicle" was invented by Robert R. Turnbull (Holland, Mich.) and Guy Raz (Binyamina, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A detection system for a vehicle includes an imaging device configured to capture an image of an interior surface of the vehicle. An illumination assembly includes an array of laser diodes each configured to project an illumination, each laser diode is configured as at least one of a single mode laser or a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser ("VCSEL"). An optical element is proximate to the a...