ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,766, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to MIRRORCLE TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Richmond, Calif.).

"Lidar system with projection capability" was invented by Veljko Milanovic (Richmond, Calif.), Ljubisa Ristic (San Jose, Calif.), Abhishek Kasturi (Pleasanton, Calif.) and Daniel Lovell (El Cerrito, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A combined sensing and projection apparatus includes a LIDAR sensor, a scan module, a unified processor and a mechanical mounting. The LIDAR sensor is configured to detect light and sense a physical property of an object or environment. The scan module has a micro-electromechanical system (MEMS) mirror configured t...