ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,306,308, issued on May 20, was assigned to Honeywell International Inc. (Charlotte, N.C.).
"Structured light navigation aid" was invented by Shouvik Das (Bangalore, India) and Deena Dayalan Kothandaraman (Bangalore, India).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and Embodiments for a structured light navigation aid are provided. In certain embodiments, a system includes a structured light emitter that emits structured light towards a surface, wherein the structured light emitter can movably change a direction of emitted structured light. Additionally, the system includes a structured light receiver that receives light from an environment, ...