ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,159, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Coretronic Corp. (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

"Optical engine module and near-eye display apparatus" was invented by Tzu-Hung Lin (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Chung-Yang Fang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Wen-Chun Wang (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Ching-Chuan Wei (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan), Bo-Han Cheng (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan) and Wei-Ting Wu (Hsin-Chu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical engine module including a display panel, a transflective layer, a polarizing reflective layer, a first bifocal lens, a first and second electrically controlled half waveplate is provided. The transflective layer is disposed between the display pa...