US Patent Issued to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES on Sept. 29 for "Device for estimating a direction pointing toward an irradiating source" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,748,172, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Device for estimating a direction pointing toward an irradiating source" was invented by Yoann Moline (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Gwenole Corre (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Jordan Gameiro (Gif-sur-Yvette, France), Clement Lynde (Gif-sur-Yvette, France) and Romuald Woo (Gif-sur-Yvette, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for estimating a position of a radioactive source, comprising: a holder; and at least two radiation detectors configured to generate a detection signal, the device being such that, each detector bei...