US Patent Issued to Avegant on June 30 for "Light engine using a polarization splitting lens unit for exit pupil illumination" (California, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,726, issued on June 30, was assigned to Avegant Corp. (San Mateo, Calif.).

"Light engine using a polarization splitting lens unit for exit pupil illumination" was invented by Aaron Matthew Eash (San Francisco), Andrew John Gross (Chassell, Mich.), Rohit Prakash (San Jose, Calif.), Edward Chia Ning Tang (Menlo Park, Calif.), Warren Cornelius Welch III (Foster City, Calif.) and Christopher David Westra (San Carlos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A light engine including polarization splitting lens unit comprises an illumination subsystem to create an entrance pupil and a polarization splitting lens unit including an angled polar...