ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,377,877, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Scantinel Photonics GmbH (Ulm, Germany).
"Device and method for scanning measurement of the distance to an object" was invented by Vladimir Davydenko (Bad Herrenalb, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for scanning measurement of the distance to an object comprises a light source that produces optical signals each having a varying frequency. An optical distribution matrix comprising optical switches and/or optical splitters distributes the optical signals simultaneously or successively onto optical output waveguides. A deflection optical unit deflects the optical signals when exiting ...