ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,313,397, issued on May 27, was assigned to PROPHESEE (Paris).

"Light source for structured light, structured light projection apparatus and system" was invented by Xavier Lagorce (Saint Maur des Fosses, France) and Artiom Tchouprina (Herblay, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source for structured light, comprising a plurality of light source elements arranged in an array, wherein the light source elements are configured to be driven in the following two modes: -a calibration mode, wherein only a part of light source elements are adapted to be driven; and -a normal mode, wherein the rest of the light source elements are adapt...