ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,814, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to IMEC VZW (Leuven, Belgium).
"Device and a method for polarization dependent imaging" was invented by Bruno Figeys (Herent, Belgium), Robert Gehlhaar (Herent, Belgium) and Jan Genoe (Testelt, Belgium).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to an aspect of the present inventive concept there is provided a device for polarization dependent imaging, comprising a detector comprising an array of light sensitive elements; a plurality of light propagating units, each comprising: a funnel element having a collecting end and a transmitting end, the funnel element being configured to collect light at the...