ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,479, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Optical receiving apparatus" was invented by Christoph Gerard August Hoelen (Valkenswaard, Netherlands), Joris Jan Vrehen (Waalre, Netherlands) and Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical beam-steering apparatus whereby an actuator effects relative movement, in a first direction, between an optical component comprising one or more lenses and a series of active transmitting or receiving elements, each active element disposed behind a respective one of the lenses. Different active elements are ar...