ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,680,872, issued on July 14, was assigned to National Tsing Hua University (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Two-dimensional hyperspectral imaging system and method thereof" was invented by Wei-Chih Wang (Sammamish, Wash.) and Fiona Marie Wang (Seattle).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A two-dimensional hyperspectral imaging system for imaging a plurality of light signals of a sample by Fourier spectroscopy includes a first optical element, a second optical element, a phase difference modulator and an image sensor. The light signals pass by the first optical element. The second optical element is spaced away from and parallel to the first optical element,...