US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on March 17 for "Distance measuring apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,437, issued on March 17, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Distance measuring apparatus" was invented by Natsuki Honda (Tokyo), Masayuki Omaki (Tokyo), Yoko Inoue (Tokyo), Tomo Kishigami (Tokyo), Shota Nakahara (Tokyo), Yoshitaka Tsuboi (Tokyo) and Yosuke Takagawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A distance measuring apparatus to measure a distance to an object includes: a plurality of light sources to emit a first light and a second light; a mirror; and a light receiving unit. When the mirror rotates about the first and third axes, an angle formed by an optical axis of the second light projected on the first ...