ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,797, issued on June 30, was assigned to Industrial Technology Research Institute (Hsinchu, Taiwan).
"Stereoscopic imaging device" was invented by Chia-Ping Lin (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Yu-Hsiang Liu (Chiayi City, Taiwan) and Yi-Hsiang Huang (Changhua County, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a stereoscopic imaging device including a light source, a control mechanism, and a light-transmitting plate. The light-transmitting plate is coupled to the control mechanism and positioned at one side of the light source. The light-transmitting plate includes a first pattern area and a second pattern area, and the control mechanism...