US Patent Issued to Agency for Science, Technology and Research on April 7 for "Optical detection device, system, and method for omnidirectional photodetection" (Singaporean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,032, issued on April 7, was assigned to Agency for Science, Technology and Research (Singapore).

"Optical detection device, system, and method for omnidirectional photodetection" was invented by Ee Jin Teo (Singapore), Chi Jin Darren Neo (Singapore) and Min Xin Maxine Ong (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are optical detection device, system, and method which increase photodetection area and enables omnidirectional and self-aligning photodetection through the use of a fluorescent lens. An optical detection device comprises a fluorescent lens having a light collecting area being a spherical, hemispherical, or cylindr...