ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,937, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to METROLASER INC. (Laguna Hills, Calif.).

"System and method for real-time inflight measurements of aero-optical quantities using an onboard wavefront sensor" was invented by Jacob George (Downey, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and a method for measuring, correcting, and implementing real-time adjustments for aero-optical effects for vehicle-based optical systems used in high speed or turbulent scenarios are provided. The system and method may include obtaining, via an imaging system, a wavefront measurement of air flow in a high speed or turbulent environment. The imaging system ...