US Patent Issued to Blackbox Biometrics on Nov. 3 for "Blast sensor performance improvement" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,190, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Blackbox Biometrics Inc. (Rochester, N.Y.).

"Blast sensor performance improvement" was invented by Angela D'Orazio (Rochester, N.Y.) and David A. Borkholder (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to reduce light transmission to a sensing element of a blast sensor are disclosed, including a light attenuation material to cover at least a portion of the blast sensor to reduce false detection of impulse noise or shock wave events by the sensing element of the blast sensor. The light attenuation material can include a pigmented gel having a specific pigment concentration a...