ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,529,936, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Amazon Technologies Inc. (Seattle).

"Waveguide combiner with multiple image planes" was invented by Pierre-Alexandre Blanche (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Waveguide combiners with multiple image planes are described herein. In an example, an apparatus includes a first optical element configured to receive light, a substrate having an input surface and an output surface and configured to propagate the light received by the first optical element along a propagation path within the substrate, and a second optical element configured to output the light propagated along the propagati...