ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,998, issued on July 7, was assigned to SHANGHAI YUPEI PHOTOELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Optical imaging system and device for floating display, and surround-view display device" was invented by Lei Niu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an optical imaging system (100) and a device for floating display, and a surround-view display device (2000). The optical imaging system (100) sequentially defines, along the optical axis thereof, an object plane (10), a first image plane (101) and a second image plane (102), and the optical imaging system (100) comprises at least one imaging unit (110) arranged ...