ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,469, issued on June 17, was assigned to Magna Electronics LLC (Southfield, Mich.).
"Sensing system with side illumination" was invented by Bernard de Mersseman (Andover, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensing system includes a sensor with transmitters and detectors. A light source is optically coupled to a light guide disposed in the field of view of the sensor. The light guide is generally planar and the light source illuminates the light guide from an edge, or side, to illuminate the length of the light guide. A housing for the sensing system has a surface configured to reflect or diffract light from the light source toward...