US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 25 for "Single-pixel imaging through dynamic scattering media" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,260,518, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Single-pixel imaging through dynamic scattering media" was invented by Mark Bashkansky (Alexandria, Va.), Samuel Park (McLean, Va.) and John F. Reintjes (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for using a single-pixel camera to reconstruct images of objects obscured by fog or other dynamic scattering media. A pseudo-random phase or intensity pattern is imposed on illumination beams directed at a target. The beam with the imposed pattern forms a pseudo random pattern ...