US Patent Issued to AMS-OSRAM ASIA PACIFIC on Oct. 27 for "Apparatus for monitoring mechanical integrity of an eye-safety component of an illuminator" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,917, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to AMS-OSRAM ASIA PACIFIC PTE. LTD. (Singapore).

"Apparatus for monitoring mechanical integrity of an eye-safety component of an illuminator" was invented by Javier Miguel Sanchez (Zurich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for monitoring mechanical integrity of an eye-safety component of an illuminator is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a sensor, operable to sense a photoacoustic effect in the eye-safety component during operation of the illuminator and to output a signal representative of the sensed photoacoustic effect, and a processor. The processor is operable to: monitor the signa...