US Patent Issued on May 13 for "Residual aberration controller for adjustable aesthetic imaging in imaging optical systems" (Swiss Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,499, issued on May 13.

"Residual aberration controller for adjustable aesthetic imaging in imaging optical systems" was invented by Iain A. Neil (Canobbio, Switzerland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A residual aberration controller arranged in the optical path of an image-forming light beam to create an aesthetic effect in an otherwise sharp image by selectively introducing residual aberrations into the wavefront of the image-forming light beam. The residual aberration controller is adjustable between a first configuration that provides either no substantial change or a relatively small aesthetic change to the otherwise sharp image a...