ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,533, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to X-RITE EUROPE GMBH (Regensdorf, Switzerland).
"Optical system comprising ans optical multiplexer" was invented by Peter Ehbets (Regensdorf, Switzerland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical system (230) comprises an image sensor (231), a reference sensor (232), and an optical multiplexer (300). The optical multiplexer defines a first area for receiving a first portion of incoming light and a second area (320) for receiving a second portion of the incoming light. The second area radially surrounds the first area. The optical multiplexer is arranged to direct the first portion of the incoming...