US Patent Issued to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS on April 21 for "Distance measurement device" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,607,744, issued on April 21, was assigned to HAMAMATSU PHOTONICS K.K. (Hamamatsu, Japan).

"Distance measurement device" was invented by Tomonori Nakamura (Hamamatsu, Japan), Kenichiro Ikemura (Hamamatsu, Japan), Koji Takahashi (Hamamatsu, Japan) and Yasunori Igasaki (Hamamatsu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device includes a signal generation unit that generates a first signal having a first repetition frequency and a second signal having a second repetition frequency higher than the first repetition frequency, a light source unit that generates light whose wavelength is modulated with time through internal modulation based on ...