US Patent Issued to SRI International on Sept. 29 for "Laser detection using multiple image sensors" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,981, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SRI International (Menlo Park, Calif.).

"Laser detection using multiple image sensors" was invented by Namwoong Paik (Lawrenceville, N.J.), Peter A. Levine (West Windsor, N.J.) and John D. Bazzano (Perkasie, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A silicon-based image sensor has an upconversion layer of crystals. The silicon-based image sensor receives light from a common beam splitter with a second image sensor. An optical band pass filter cooperates with the common beam splitter to pass some of the light to be incident on the upconversion layer of crystals in a second range of wavelengths, whic...