ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,015, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to SONY SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS Corp. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Light source module, distance measuring device and control method" was invented by Yutaka Mitomi (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To detect damage, peeling and the like of a diffusion plate accurately. A light source module according to an embodiment includes a light source (121), a case (125) that houses the light source and includes an emission opening through which light emitted from the light source is emitted, a cover member (125) that is disposed at the emission opening of the case and through which the light emitted fr...