ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,585, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Basler AG (Ahrensburg, Germany).
"Five channel multispectral lens" was invented by Neil Murray (Milton Keynes, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A camera objective having a housing extending along a central longitudinal axis between first and second end faces and a partition element located in the housing. The housing has a light inlet opening on the first end face and a light outlet opening on the second end face. A plurality of apertures are formed through the partition element along a central axis that is parallel to or coincides with the central longitudinal axis of the housing. ...