ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,449,305, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to VIA VI SOLUTIONS INC. (Chandler, Ariz.).
"Optical sensor device" was invented by William D. Houck (Santa Rosa, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor device includes an optical filter, an optical element, and an optical sensor that includes a plurality of sensor elements. The optical filter is configured to pass, to the optical element, first light beams that are associated with a first subrange of a spectral range and that impinge on the optical filter within a first incidence angle range; and to pass, to the optical element, second light beams that are associated with a secon...