ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,213,765, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to HI LLC (Culver City, Calif.).

"Photodetector calibration of an optical measurement system" was invented by Sebastian Sorgenfrei (Playa Vista, Calif.), Ryan Field (Culver City, Calif.), Bruno Do Valle (Brighton, Mass.), Isai Olvera (South Portland, Maine), Jacob Dahle (Arlington, Mass.) and Husam Katnani (Braintree, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An illustrative optical measurement system includes a light source configured to emit light directed at a target, an array of photodetectors configured to detect photons of the light after the light is scattered by the target, and a processing unit ...