ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,563,279, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to Spectral MD Inc. (Dallas).

"System and method for high precision snapshot multi-spectral imaging based on multiplexed illumination" was invented by Shuai Yu (Mansfield, Texas), Jason Dwight (Dallas), Hanh Le (Rockwall, Texas), Jeffrey E. Thatcher (Irving, Texas) and Wensheng Fan (Plano, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present technology comprises a single-aperture snapshot multi-spectral imaging device generally consisting of at least a color camera, a customized Octa-Band optical filter, a motorized zoom lens, and an 8-wavelength multi-color LED illumination system. The present techno...