ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,790, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OTO PHOTONICS INC. (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Spectrometer" was invented by Hao-Ping Wu (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Chien-Hsiang Hung (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Kuei-Wu Chang (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A spectrometer includes a base, a light input, a light splitter, an image sensor and a shader. The light input is disposed on the base for receiving an optical signal. The light splitter is disposed on the base to split the received optical signal into a plurality of spectral components. The image sensor is disposed on the base, and has a sensing surface for receiving the plurality of spectral co...