ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,241,838, issued on March 4, was assigned to KEYENCE Corp. (Osaka, Japan).
"Laser-induced breakdown spectroscope" was invented by Ryosuke Kondo (Osaka, Japan) and Kenichiro Hirose (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "It is possible to save time and effort required for imaging of an analysis point and to improve usability of an analysis device. An analysis and observation device as a laser-induced breakdown spectroscope includes: a first camera, an electromagnetic wave emitter that emits laser light to a sample; a reflective object lens that collects plasma light generated in the sample; first and second detectors that generate int...