ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,153, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. (Munich).

"Multi-aperture projector" was invented by Alexander Oberdorster (Jena, Germany), Robert Bruning (Jena, Germany), Christin Gassner (Jena, Germany) and Britta Satzer (Jena, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multi-aperture projector for projecting an optical image of a transmitted light image onto a spaced-apart projection surface has: at least one light source which, in an on state, causes at least one transmitted light image to project an optical image onto the projection surface; wherein the at least one tran...