US Patent Issued to SEIKO EPSON on Jan. 20 for "Virtual image display device and head-mounted display apparatus" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,926, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SEIKO EPSON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Virtual image display device and head-mounted display apparatus" was invented by Mitsutaka Ide (Shiojiri, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A virtual image display device includes a light modulating element including a liquid crystal pixel and a light transmitting region, a light shielding member being arranged on an external side of the light modulating element, a backlight being arranged between the light modulating element and the light shielding member and being configured to irradiate the liquid crystal pixel, a polarizing plate configured to limit external l...