ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,372,626, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Light-receiving device and LiDAR" was invented by Chang Hyuck Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Lee Im Kang (Seoul, South Korea), Ji Sung Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Yang Hyun Joo (Seoul, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical device includes a light receiving element for detecting light reflected and transmitted from a subject; a voltage part for providing a first bias voltage or a second bias voltage to the light receiving element; and a controller for controlling the voltage part so that the second bias voltage provided from the voltage part...