ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,307,359, issued on May 20, was assigned to Look Dynamics Inc. (Longmont, Colo.).
"Device for optically transmitting and receiving images" was invented by Rikki J. Crill (Longmont, Colo.), Jonathan C. Baiardo (Carbondale, Colo.) and David Bruce (Niwot, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor-display device comprises an array of transmit-receive modules, each of which comprises a light transmitter, a light receiver, and a memory bank. A modulation driver connected to the light transmitter drives the light transmitter to transmit light. The light receiver creates electric charges from light received by the light receiver. A memory int...