ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,271,781, issued on April 8, was assigned to Zebra Technologies Corp. (Lincolnshire, Ill.).

"Pass-through color camera without signal" was invented by Joseph F. DiGregorio (Seaford, N.Y.) and Darran Michael Handshaw (Sound Beach, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an indicia decoding device with a printed circuit board (PCB) that allows signals from internal imaging assemblies to pass through a sealed cavity boundary to an external host. This device comprises a decode module, an upright and horizontally mounted window, and multiple imaging assemblies housed within a sealed cavity. The PCB is partially loca...