ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,687,431, issued on July 21, was assigned to TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITEIT EINDHOVEN (Einhoven, Netherlands).

"Spectral sensing system" was invented by Andrea Fiore (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Maurangelo Petruzzella (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a sensing system comprising at least one light emitting source, a sensing element comprising a sensing area, and an optical means for directing light being emitted by the at least one light emitting source onto the sensing area of the sensing element and for directing light being transmitted or reflected from the sensing area of the sensing element to a...