ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,887, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Adeia Imaging LLC (San Jose, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for spatial video capture" was invented by Ning Xu (Irvine, Calif.) and Tao Chen (Palo Alto, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The claims generally describe an apparatus for spatial image and video capture comprising a micro-electromechanical Systems (MEMS) scanning mirror. The apparatus comprises an image sensor with a MEMS scanning mirror positioned centrally in front of the sensor that rapidly alternate the optical pass. The MEMS mirror directs light received through a first light-permeable element and reflected by a first mirror t...