ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,942, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to InnoCare Optoelectronics Corp. (Tainan, Taiwan).

"Light detection device and detection method for controlling light source device" was invented by Shih-Hsien Yang (Tainan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a light detection device and a detection method for controlling a light source device. The light detection device includes a detection panel and a processor. The detection panel converts an input light from the light source device into a converted light and converts the converted light into a charge. The processor selects a first region and a second region other th...