ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,829, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Luminit Inc. (Torrance, Calif.).
"Flat top diffuser for laser applications and other applications" was invented by Anthony Ang (Long Beach, Calif.), Mitch Jansen (Palo Alto, Calif.) and Balvinder Gogia (Torrance, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical diffusers are disclosed with improved optical properties and improve aesthetic designs. A micro lens array may be overwritten with randomly placed lenses. A light shaping diffuser may be included. The light shaping diffuser may have a microstructure that includes features that aid in camouflaging the micro lenses from consumers, improving t...