US Patent Issued to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy on March 31 for "Near-omnidirectional optical receiver, communication system and platform" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,779, issued on March 31, was assigned to The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Washington).

"Near-omnidirectional optical receiver, communication system and platform" was invented by Ryan A. Bell (Mount Pleasant, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes embodiments of optical receivers, communication systems and communication platforms for receiving electromagnetic radiation (EMR) signals from a plurality of sources and/or directions. An embodiment of an optical receiver, a communication system, or a communication platform may include a Luneburg lens. The Luneburg lens a...