US Patent Issued to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems on Aug. 19 for "Optical components for ghost image suppression systems and methods" (North Carolina, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,393,021, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to Teledyne FLIR Commercial Systems Inc. (Goleta, Calif.).

"Optical components for ghost image suppression systems and methods" was invented by Gregory Fitzgerald (Marlborough, Mass.), Alan D. Kathman (Charlotte, N.C.) and David Ovrutsky (Charlotte, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various techniques are disclosed to provide for reducing undesired reflections in captured images. In one example, a system includes an optical element configured to pass radiation from a scene. The system also includes an imager configured to capture images in response to the scene radiation and reflect at least a p...