ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,554,108, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Omniscient Imaging Inc. (Tucson, Ariz.).
"Encapsulated optical imaging camera" was invented by Bhaskar Banerjee (Tucson, Ariz.), Balaji Akkayyagari (Tucson, Ariz.) and Zijian Wan (Tucson, Ariz.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging camera containing an encapsulated optical lens enables viewing from inside and imaging of a chosen cavity in/from a variety of directions with the use of an electromagnetic apparatus located inside the encapsulation. A portion of camera's optical system together with light source(s) and optical detector mutually cooperated by housing structure inside the encapsul...