ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,995, issued on June 23.
"Single chip camera head for multi-spectral imaging and methods of using the same" was invented by George E. Duckett III (Castaic, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems are provided to enable multiple imaging modalities with a single camera head. The camera head may include a single chip system capable of measuring different wavelengths of light on different regions of the same image sensor to generate different images. The light source in the system can adjust the output spectra by using a plurality of illuminants and filters, and measurements from different light channels from different r...