US Patent Issued to The University of Tokyo on June 17 for "Optical sensor" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,333,851, issued on June 17, was assigned to The University of Tokyo (Tokyo).

"Optical sensor" was invented by Takao Someya (Tokyo) and Ikue Kawashima (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Uniform light irradiation to the measurement object is realized, and it is possible to obtain high resolution image information, to provide a reflective optical sensor. An optical sensor comprises a light irradiation unit for performing uniform light irradiation with respect to the measurement object, the viewing angle control plate for limiting the direction of the reflected light in the measurement object to the predetermined direction, a light detect...