ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,253,412, issued on March 18, was assigned to VIAVI 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 sensor; an optical filter; a phase mask configured to distribute a plurality of light beams associated with a subject in an encoded pattern; a movement component configured to move the phase mask; and one or more processors configured to: obtain, from the optical sensor, a first set of sensor data that indicates information related to first light that originates at the subject and passes through the pha...