ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,000, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Carl Zeiss AG (Oberkocken, Germany).
"Method and device for scanning distance and velocity determination" was invented by Jan Horn (M{umlaut over (n)}chen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a method for scanning distance and velocity determination of at least one object, a light source emits an optical signal with a time-varying frequency. A first difference frequency distribution is determined that represents, for different pixels on the at least one object, a difference frequency between a measurement signal originating from the optical signal and reflected at the respective pixel and...