ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,993, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Rosh HaAyin, Israel).

"Flash LIDAR having nonuniform light modulation" was invented by Amit Steinberg (Adanim, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for detecting objects using a LIDAR system may include controlling a light emission assembly comprising a light source in a manner enabling spatial light modulation to a field of view (FOV) of the LIDAR system to vary during different flash light emissions of the light emission assembly. The method may also include controlling a sensor to detect first reflection signals indicative of reflections of first flash li...