ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,742,921, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to S.V.V. TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS INC. (Sacramento, Calif.).
"Method of making waveguide illumination panels with alternating density extraction patterns for image display" was invented by Sergiy Vasylyev (Elk Grove, Calif.) and Mykola Masalitin (Sacramento, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a wide-area waveguide illumination system includes providing a sheet of optically transmissive material having first and second broad-area surfaces and at least one light input edge, the sheet configured to guide light using total internal reflection. A two-dimensional pattern of light ...