ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,724,259, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to PetaRay Inc. (New Taipei, Taiwan).

"Light-field scanner for light-field display" was invented by I-Chan Lo (Taipei, Taiwan), Jiun-Woei Huang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Hong-Ming Chen (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a light-field scanner for light-field display that integrates a light-field buffer, a laser-beam scanner, and a collimator, all within the scanner to produce telecentric light. The present invention may further comprise a compander for beam adjustment to ensure compatibility with various light-field generators."

The patent was filed on Nov. 26...