ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,504,539, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).
"Efficient optical transmission in LIDAR systems" was invented by Matityahu Shani (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), David Elooz (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), Idan Bakish (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), Michael Girgel (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), Moshe Medina (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), Sason Sourani (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel), Yair Alpern (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel) and Smadar David Raly (Rosh Ha'Ayin, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A LIDAR system including a MEMS scanning device is disclosed. The LIDAR system includes a light source, a light deflector, a sensor, and a processor. ...