ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,242,003, issued on March 4, was assigned to Illusense Inc. (Vancouver, Canada).

"Method and system for simultaneous detection of signed doppler shifts and range measurements" was invented by Kirk W. Madison (Vancouver, Canada), Kyzyl Herzog (Vancouver, Canada) and William Bowden (Vancouver, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and an apparatus for determining a signed Doppler frequency shift of an optical signal. The method comprises generating a reference signal having a reference optical spectrum and a transmission signal having a transmission optical spectrum; directing the transmission signal to at least one target; receivi...