ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,900, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Rockley Photonics Ltd. (Altrincham, Great Britain).
"Optical components for imaging" was invented by Thomas Pierre Schrans (Temple City, Calif.) and Andrew George Rickman (Altrincham, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging component for receiving light, the imaging component comprising a photonic integrated circuit, PIC, receiver, a slab, a wedge, and a lens the wedge having a front surface and an opposing back surface, the imaging component arranged to define a receiving optical path through the front surface of the wedge, the receiving optical path continuing through the wedg...