US Patent Issued to RICOH on Feb. 10 for "Light source module, distance-measuring apparatus, and mobile object" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,972, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to RICOH COMPANY LTD. (Tokyo).

"Light source module, distance-measuring apparatus, and mobile object" was invented by Yuuki Oka (Miyagi, Japan), Kazuma Izumiya (Miyagi, Japan) and Takumi Satoh (Miyagi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light source module, a distance-measuring apparatus, and a mobile object. The light source module includes a first substrate, a light source disposed on the first substrate to emit light, the light source having a first terminal and a second terminal, a field-effect transistor disposed on the first substrate, the field-effect transistor having a third terminal ...