ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,717,145, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Virtual image display device and optical unit" was invented by Tokito Yamaguchi (Azumino, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual image display device includes a display, and an optical member, in which the optical member includes a lens member, a transmissive reflective optical element provided facing a first optical surface of the lens member that is close to the display, a reflective polarizing optical element provided facing a second optical surface of the lens member that is far from the display and reflects first polarized light, that is, image light lin...