ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,693,166, issued on July 28, was assigned to Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Thermal radiation detection device and system, as well as electronic device comprising such a device or system" was invented by Torsten Wipiejewski (Munich) and Zhao Zhao (Munich).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermal radiation detection device (1), said device comprising a sensor array (2) comprising a plurality of sensor elements (3) and an optical waveguide (4) having a radiation input end (5) and a radiation output end (6). The radiation input end (5) is configured to receive thermal5 radiation, and the radiation output end (6) is operative...