US Patent Issued to Canon on July 14 for "Virtual image optical system, and virtual image display device and on-vehicle system including virtual image optical system" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,681,302, issued on July 14, was assigned to Canon K.K. (Tokyo).

"Virtual image optical system, and virtual image display device and on-vehicle system including virtual image optical system" was invented by Hiroto Kano (Tochigi, Japan) and Takayuki Sugiyama (Tochigi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual image optical system includes first and second optical elements and each configured to guide light from a display unit, wherein the second optical element guides the light from the display unit to a first pupil to form a first virtual image, and the second optical element simultaneously guides the light from the display unit to a...