ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,495, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. (Falls Church, Va.).

"Three-dimensional hyperspectral imaging systems and methods using a light detection and ranging (LIDAR) focal plane array" was invented by Chung Ming Wong (Redondo Beach, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system having an illumination source configured to illuminate a target object using broadband laser light. A dispersive element is configured to spectrally separate light received from the target object into different colors A focal plane array (FPA) is configured to: (1) receive the light from the dispersive element; (2) acquire spatial...