ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,598,374, issued on April 7, was assigned to ActLight SA (Lausanne, Switzerland).

"Techniques for minimizing power consumption in photodetector measurements" was invented by Antoine Lacroix (Thonon-les-Bains, France), Lucas Perrin (Gland, Switzerland) and Maxim Gureev (St-Sulpice, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Techniques for minimizing power consumption in photodetector measurements are provided. The techniques utilize a method for controlling a photodetector, including the steps of receiving, by a system comprising memory and one or more processors, a target value of the photodetector, receiving, by the system, an output fro...