ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,699,167, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Lambda inno Vision Inc. (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

"Multi-channel coherent LiDAR apparatus" was invented by Jong Pil La (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Ji Eun Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a multi-channel coherent LiDAR apparatus. The LiDAR apparatus includes a plurality of analog-to-digital converts (ADCs) each configured to receive reflected light reflected by a target and to convert the reflected light into a digital signal, one or more modulation units configured to receive the digital signals that have passed through some or all of the ADCs and ch...