ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,791, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Yukka Magic LLC (Wilmington, Del.).
"Optical sensor modules with selective optical pathways" was invented by Michael Edward Aumer (Raleigh, N.C.), Jonathan T. Walter (Wake Forest, N.C.) and Steven Francis LeBoeuf (Raleigh, N.C.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical sensor module includes a housing, first and second optical emitters within the housing, and an optical detector within the housing that is positioned between the first and second optical emitters. The housing includes respective first and second windows of optically transparent material that overlie the first and second optical e...