ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,060, issued on March 31, was assigned to Compertum Microsystems Inc. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Color depth integration method, receiver, and light detection and ranging apparatus thereof" was invented by Francis Piu Man (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A color depth integration method, a receiver, and a light detection and ranging apparatus thereof are disclosed to integrate image capturing with 3D depth measuring efficiently. A receiver includes at least one detector macro-cell, each of which includes a first detector configured to capture reflected light and a second detector configured to capture first external...