US Patent Issued to GOOGLE on July 7 for "Polymer aerogel optical waveguide" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,982, issued on July 7, was assigned to GOOGLE LLC (Mountain View, Calif.).

"Polymer aerogel optical waveguide" was invented by Constantin-Christian Alexander Voll (San Francisco) and Ali Karbasi (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head-up display, such as found in smart glasses, may include a light source configured to project light for display. A heads-up display may include a polymer aerogel optical waveguide configured to receive the light from the light source, guide the received light to an area in front of an eye of a user, and project the light to the eye of the user. The polymer aerogel optical waveguide can in...