ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,216,287, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to Akonia Holographics LLC (Longmont, Colo.).
"Skew mirror auxiliary imaging" was invented by Mark R. Ayres (Boulder, Colo.), Adam Urness (Boulder, Colo.), Kenneth E. Anderson (Longmont, Colo.) and Friso Schlottau (Mead, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Optical systems for performing gaze tracking and imaging an external scene are disclosed. An example optical system may include light sources for emitting visible and non-visible light. The optical system may include a waveguide that is operatively coupled to the light sources. A volume holographic light coupling element may be disposed between t...