ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,493,783, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Look Dynamics Inc. (Longmont, Colo.).
"Data processing array" was invented by Rikki J. Crill (Longmont, Colo.), Jonathan C. Baiardo (Carbondale, Colo.) and David A. Bruce (Niwot, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data processing array comprises a plurality of modules, each with a memory, positioned in an array of rows and columns interconnected by a pooling chain that carries data to and receives data from selected ones or groups of the modules. Each modules can also have light modulator elements for transmitting data as light signals and a light sensor for receiving data in the form of modu...