US Patent Issued to OMNI MEDSCI on Sept. 30 for "Active remote sensing of atmospheric gases or smoke using a time-of-flight sensor" (Michigan Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,788, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to OMNI MEDSCI INC. (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"Active remote sensing of atmospheric gases or smoke using a time-of-flight sensor" was invented by Mohammed N. Islam (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active remote sensing system comprises near-infrared laser diodes including one or more Bragg reflectors and having a pulsed output with duration between 0.5 to 2 nanoseconds. A first lens receives and directs the laser diode light to an object or an atmosphere. A detection system receives light reflected from the object or atmosphere, which comprises a second lens and spectral filters in ...