US Patent Issued to Cepton Technologies on Sept. 22 for "3D optical sensor alignment" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,743,767, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Cepton Technologies Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"3D optical sensor alignment" was invented by Jun Pei (Saratoga, Calif.), Dongyi Liao (Mountain View, Calif.) and Liqun Han (Pleasanton, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electro-optical component, such as a laser or detector, on a module is aligned with a base, or lens system, for an optical sensor, such as a lidar sensor. Translating stages, or a robotic arm, can be used to rotate and translate the module into position. Two or more cameras can be used for ascertaining precise alignment of the electro-optical component."

The patent was fil...