ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,546,863, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to STMICROELECTRONICS (GRENOBLE 2) SAS (Grenoble, France).
"Light sensor with an optical device and method of utilization" was invented by Salim Bouchene (Seyssinet-Pariset, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a light sensor comprising: an optical device comprising a first face configured to receive light and a second face, the device being configured, when the first face receives the light at a first wavelength between 1100 nm and 1600 nm, to convert the received light to the light at a second wavelength between 600 nm and 1000 nm, and to emit the light at the ...