ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,330, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to eYs3D Microelectronics Co. (Taipei City, Taiwan).
"Image capturing apparatus and mobile cleaning robot" was invented by Shun-Ju Chuang (Taipei City, Taiwan) and Shi-Fan Chang (Taipei City, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An image capturing apparatus and a mobile cleaning robot are provided. The image capturing apparatus includes a light emitter, an image sensor, and a filter. The light emitter is configured to emit an invisible light to a target. The image sensor includes a field of view (FOV) covering an area of the target from near to far and is configured to sense the invisible light ref...