ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,342, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to SIGNIFY HOLDING B.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Optical detector" was invented by Hugo Johan Cornelissen (Escharen, Netherlands), Christoph Gerard August Hoelen (Valkenswaard, Netherlands) and Johan Paul Marie Gerard Linnartz (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention concerns an optical detector (100) with a low-cost and efficient solution for the imaging lens in the receiver that is configured to better receive optical signals originating from wide viewing angles. The optical detector (100) comprises a ball lens (101), a photodetector (120), and a plurality of ligh...