ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,966, issued on July 7, was assigned to Owl Labs Inc. (Somerville, Mass.).
"Wide angle lens and camera system for peripheral field of view imaging" was invented by Maksim Makeev (Somerville, Mass.), Mark S Schnittman (Somerville, Mass.), Thomas W Bushman (Marblehead, Mass.), Sara Nagelberg (Somerville, Mass.) and Susan Rico (Long Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Wide angle lens for imaging objects disposed away from the optical axis towards the periphery of the field of view including a surface having an obscuration disposed thereon to reduce the transmission of light therethrough, the obscuration being disposed about an op...