ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,488,540, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to NewSight Reality Inc. (Ponte Vedra, Fla.).
"Optical module with active microlens array capable of synchronizing with see-through display to provide multiple modes of functionality" was invented by Igor Landau (Boulder, Colo.), Rick Morrison (Longmont, Colo.) and Svetlana Samoilova (Alameda, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multiplexed, synchronized Active (micro) Lens(let) Array and display providing a user or manufacturer with the ability to choose different modes of functionality of a transparent optical module, such as three-dimensional virtual image generation, two-dimensional image ge...