ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,399,461, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to WAVEFRONT ANALYSIS SYSTEMS LLC (New York).

"Totagraphy: coherent diffractive/digital information reconstruction by iterative phase recovery using reference wave" was invented by Okan Ersoy (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A totagram is produced by an iterative spectral phase recovery process resulting in complete information recovery using special masks and using a reference beam. Using these special masking systems reduce computation time, number of masks, and number of iterations. Adding a reference wave to the iterative process provides better phase recovery systems and a...