ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,560,788, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ATEN INTERNATIONAL Co. LTD. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Teleprompter" was invented by Tzu-Chieh Hung (New Taipei, Taiwan), Jhih-Yu Chen (New Taipei, Taiwan) and Pei-Chun Lai (New Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A teleprompter includes an accommodating space and an optical assembly disposed in the accommodating space. The accommodating space is configured for accommodating an electronic device including an image display unit and a lens. The image display unit is configured to emit a light along a first path. The optical assembly includes a light-reflecting unit and a beam-splitting unit...