ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,462,401, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Raytheon Co. (Arlington, Va.).
"Optical acoustic vector sensor" was invented by Caitlin C. Bogdan (Little Compton, R.I.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods for measuring acoustic wave vectors in a fluid is presented, a system comprising: a first camera configured to be placed in the fluid; a second camera configured to be placed in the fluid; a light source configured to be placed in the fluid; and a controller configured to: control the first camera; control the second camera; control the light source; process images provided by the first camera and second camera to determine an a...