ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,559, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Artilux Inc. (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Optical sensing apparatus" was invented by Chun-Wei Chang (Hsinchu County, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatuses for detecting an object are described herein. The apparatus includes a light receiver configured to receive at least two lights with a first wavelength and a second wavelength. The apparatus also includes a memory configured to store a plurality of adjusting parameters, and a processor configured to compare a first reference light intensity at the first wavelength and a second reference light intensity at the second wavelength...