US Patent Issued to Lumenuity on Aug. 25 for "Methods and systems for high-magnification photography exploiting reflective polarizers and faraday rotators" (Maryland, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,122, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to Lumenuity Inc. (Cabin John, Md.).

"Methods and systems for high-magnification photography exploiting reflective polarizers and faraday rotators" was invented by Edo Waks (Cabin John, Md.), Benjamin Shapiro (Los Angeles) and David Barsic (Los Angeles).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein are systems and methods for enabling small high-magnification cameras or imaging systems to operate in low-light (e.g. night time) conditions. These systems include the use of reflective polarizers and non-reciprocal elements (Faraday rotators) to enable a longer light path, and to enable light from an...