ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,796, issued on Oct. 6.

"Optical gas imaging camera with navigation and targeting control, learning and operating methods for the camera, and compliance auditing system" was invented by David Furry (Early, Texas) and Paul Bonner (The Woodlands, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical gas imaging camera, methods of operating the optical gas imaging camera in a learning mode and in an operating mode, and a compliance auditing system are disclosed, where the optical gas imaging camera has on-board hardware, devices, and software used for generating images of fugitive emissions of a target object along with generating a multitude o...