US Patent Issued to LG INNOTEK on Aug. 18 for "Surface-emitting laser device and distance measurement device having same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,710,536, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to LG INNOTEK Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Surface-emitting laser device and distance measurement device having same" was invented by Sang Heon Han (Seoul, South Korea), Kang Yeol Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Hoon Lee (Seoul, South Korea) and Yong Gyeong Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface-emitting laser device disclosed in an embodiment of the invention includes a first region in which a plurality of first emitters is arranged; and a second region in which a plurality of second emitters is arranged, an area of the second region is smaller than an area of the firs...