US Patent Issued to The Boeing on July 14 for "Optical dual frequency shift laser vehicle speed detection system" (Missouri, California, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,178, issued on July 14, was assigned to The Boeing Co. (Chicago).

"Optical dual frequency shift laser vehicle speed detection system" was invented by Nathan D. Hiller (Irvine, Calif.), Robert M. Dowgwillo (St. Louis), Ishaan Bakhle (Lynnwood, Wash.) and Christopher Shoemaker (St. Peters, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method, apparatus, and system detect a speed of a vehicle. Laser beams are emitted into an atmosphere from the vehicle. The laser beams are emitted in different directions from the vehicle. Sets of backscatter light are generated in response to transmitting the laser beams into the atmosphere from the vehicle. The...