ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,411,214, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to OMRON Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).
"Limited reflection type sensor" was invented by Naoya Kakimoto (Ichinomiya, Japan), Jun Nakajima (Ichinomiya, Japan) and Asuka Tada (Kyoto, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A limited reflection type sensor which irradiates exit light from a light emitting unit toward an object sensing region through an exit light lens and receives, at a light receiving unit, reflected light from an object existing in the object sensing region through a reflected light lens, may include a casing including a latching portion formed on a side surface and a first opening facing the...