# Flock patent US 12,322,186 - multi-wavelength IR and local filtering architecture > *Audited source extract. The dossier was used only as a lead; the underlying source was independently acquired and checked on 2026-07-20.* ## Source metadata - **Publisher:** United States Patent and Trademark Office - **Original dossier URL:** https://patents.justia.com/patent/12322186 - **Resolved/canonical URL used:** https://image-ppubs.uspto.gov/dirsearch-public/print/downloadPdf/12322186 - **Publication date:** 2025-06-03 - **Underlying event or version:** not separately stated - **Archived:** 2026-07-20, from unauthenticated public access; no cookies, tokens, or login state retained - **Wayback snapshot:** save failed on 2026-07-20 after the archive service returned HTTP 403; retry pending ## Verification verdict **supported with narrower wording** — US 12,322,186 B1 supports what Flock claimed and disclosed in the patent. It does not establish universal implementation or a current BOM. ## Claim boundary This source is authoritative only within the source class and limitations stated above. ## Extract **Extracted-text lines 242-246:** > H04N23/11 > — > Cameras or camera modules comprising electronic image sensors; Control thereof for generating image signals from different wavelengths for generating image signals from visible and infrared light wavelengths > H > — **Extracted-text lines 328-332:** > is a functional block diagram of one exemplary embodiment of a camera module that is one component of the exemplary camera system of FIG. 2 ; > FIG. 4 A > is a first logical flow chart for an exemplary method for capturing and filtering images using multiple electromagnetic wavelengths (i.e. infrared wavelengths) by the camera system illustrated in FIGS. 1 - 3 ; > FIG. 4 B > is a second logical flow chart of the exemplary method for capturing and filtering images using multiple electromagnetic wavelengths by the camera system illustrated in FIGS. 1 - 3 ; **Extracted-text lines 376-380:** > may be a component. > One or more components > may reside within a process and/or thread of execution, and a component may be localized on one computer and/or distributed between two or more computers. > these components > may execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored thereon. **Wayback failure**: The bounded Save Page Now pass stopped after the archive service returned HTTP 403 on the first request. This source was not individually retried; retry pending. ## Notes - Tier: 2 — Tier 2 primary public record. - The excerpt is bounded to the claims audited here; consult the preserved original for full context. - Cited by: see `citing_pages:` frontmatter; populated after wiki integration.