ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,596,249, issued on April 7, was assigned to JVCKENWOOD Corp. (Yokohama, Japan).
"Optical path control apparatus, display apparatus, and method of controlling optical path" was invented by Hiroyuki Takada (Yokohama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An optical path control apparatus includes an oscillating part including an optical member on which light is made incident; an actuator configured to oscillate the oscillating part; and a drive unit configured to apply to the actuator a drive signal with a waveform including a first period in which a current value is changed from a first current value to a second current value and including...