ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,736,398, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to OPTONICS Co. LTD. (Gwangju, South Korea).
"Integrated optical system-based optical detection device" was invented by Seong-Min Ju (Gwangju, South Korea) and Young-Woo Lee (Gwangju, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is an optical detection device for sensing environmental changes inside and outside a fiber optic sensor probe by detecting polarization and optical power differences between a plurality of input signals, the optical detection device being characterized by comprising: a plurality of optical fiber pigtail blocks internally accommodated with a portion of the optical...