ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,474,454, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT) Ltd. (Marlow, Great Britain).
"Sensor with cross talk suppression" was invented by James Peter Drummond Downing (Doune, Great Britain), Adam Caley (Fife, Great Britain) and Christoph Kuch (Edinburgh, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure is directed to a sensor that detects a distance between the sensor and a target object. The sensor includes a transmission optical structure and/or a light source that polarizes light and minimizes cross talk within the sensor. As a result, detection results of the sensor are improved."
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