US Patent Issued to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC on Nov. 3 for "Optical scanning device and ranging apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,521, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to MITSUBISHI ELECTRIC Corp. (Tokyo).

"Optical scanning device and ranging apparatus" was invented by Mizuki Shirao (Tokyo) and Fumio Shoda (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical scanning device includes an optical mode converter to change, in accordance with a change in wavelength of a light output from a light source or phase of the light output from the light source, a radiation direction of the light, and an actuator to rotate the optical mode converter about each of two shafts orthogonal to each other."

The patent was filed on Oct. 24, 2022, under Application No. 17/972,369.

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