ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,060, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Sensor device and inspection camera having such a sensor device" was invented by Heiko Sgarz (Leonberg, Germany), Frank Huembert (Stuttgart, Germany) and Jan-Michael Brosi (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor device, in particular a sensor head, for an inspection camera, in particular an endoscope, has at least one illumination unit for illuminating an examination object. The sensor device further has at least one camera unit for detecting the examination object. In addition, the sensor device has at least one housing...