ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,336,689, issued on June 24, was assigned to OWL PEAK TECHNOLOGIES INC. (McLean, Va.).
"Side-scan infrared imaging devices" was invented by Peter N. Kaufman (McLean, Va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Infrared imaging devices are provided which are configured to implement side-scan infrared imaging for, e.g., medical applications. For example, an imaging device includes a ring-shaped detector element comprising a circular array of infrared detectors configured to detect thermal infrared radiation, and a focusing element configured to focus incident infrared radiation towards the circular array of infrared detectors. The imaging device can...