ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,422,251, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to PXE Computational Imaging LTD. (Kibbutz Beit Guvrin, Israel).

"System and method for optical imaging and measurement of objects" was invented by Yoav Berlatzky (Kibbutz Beit Guvrin, Israel) and Yanir Hainick (Tel Aviv, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided systems and methods for imaging, measuring an object, and characterizing a sample. An optical, speckle-based imaging system may comprise an illumination unit comprising at least one coherent light source to illuminate a sample; a collection unit for collecting input light from the sample, the collection unit consisting of...