US Patent Issued to PIXART IMAGING on Aug. 5 for "Optical capacity measurement device and container using the same" (Taiwanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,208, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to PIXART IMAGING INC. (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan).

"Optical capacity measurement device and container using the same" was invented by Guo-Zhen Wang (Hsin-Chu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided an optical capacity measurement device including a light source, an image sensor and a processing unit. The light source projects an optical line toward container space of a container. The image sensor captures an image containing a reflective light image associated with the optical line. The processing unit calculates a depth distribution of contents in the container space accordin...