US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Aug. 5 for "Digital adaptive optics encoder module" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,379,575, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Digital adaptive optics encoder module" was invented by Benjamin Laxton (San Diego), Kyle Drexler (San Diego) and Skylar D. Lilledahl (El Cajon, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A digital adaptive optics encoder module includes an input mounting flange, a collimating lens, a bandpass filter, digital adaptive optic elements, refocusing lens, an output mounting flange, and a housing. The input mounting flange is capable of attaching to a telescope. The collimating lens is capable of expanding light from a ...