ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,591,954, issued on March 31, was assigned to Rayprus Technology (Foshan) Co. Ltd. (Foshan, China).

"Depth information detector, time-of-flight camera, and depth image acquisition method" was invented by Jui-Hsuan Chang (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Cheng-Yuan Shih (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A depth information detector includes a light receiving module and a processor. The light receiving module includes a first receiver and a second receiver set at intervals. The first receiver and the second receiver receive a reflected light reflected by an object to be detected at different positions respectively. The processor el...